"Mr. Marquis, there is a fire in a house in the south of the city!"

It was already the end of Youth, and it was dark early in the autumn, so it was almost invisible outside. Chen Xu was worried because he arranged a group of teenagers to assassinate Zhao Gao, so he did not leave the city to go to Qinghe Villa, but stayed in the Hou's Mansion.

At this time, he was in the study and was nervously continuing to improve his military system reform. The housekeeper of the Hou Mansion hurriedly came to report.

"City South? He family's courtyard?" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and put down the pencil in his hand.

The people living in the south of the city are all rich families such as kings, princes, and ministers, and basically no one is an unknown person.

"Mr. Marquis, you can see it when you stand in the yard. I don't know which noble man is at the mansion!" The housekeeper replied.

"Go out and have a look!" Chen Xu threw down his pencil and went out.

As expected, just as the butler said, the south direction of Xianyang City was indeed the sky, and half of the sky was reflected in red. It was obvious that the fire was not small, and you could also hear the harsh sound of police sirens and gongs, and you could hear the sound of kicking and striking the imperial guards running.

"I don't know which unlucky guy is?" Chen Xu stood in the yard with his hands behind his back and muttered to himself.

China has always been respected by the south since ancient times, so many princes and nobles like to live in the south of the city. The fire must be very fierce. I am afraid that the huge family business will be burned to pieces, because the fire-fighting equipment in this era is a weakling. Not to mention that there are no fire trucks, fire-fighting depends entirely on civilians' wooden buckets and water basins, and it is also necessary to ensure that the ponds in the courtyard have water. Such a large fire is in autumn and winter, so it is estimated that it will be useless to scoop the ponds dry.

In ancient times, wealthy families had to build ponds at home, both north and south, not for the sake of good looks, but for preventing fires at home, including Chen Xu's family. There is a large pond in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion, and even every small courtyard, with a small pond in the backyard and even every small courtyard. Even Qinghe Villa is even more so. Not only has a pond, but also a living canal, with water flowing in winter.

Whether in the Qin Dynasty or later generations, fire prevention has always been the most concerned issue of human life. Every day, when you play updates, you walk on the street, and while typing the bamboo tube, you will be chanting the slogan of fire prevention and theft prevention in the dry things in heaven.

There are floods in the countryside and fires in the city. These are two disasters that humans cannot resist. The governments and civilians in various places are very strict in their defense.

The place where the fire broke out is not too far from Chen Xu's Marquis' Mansion. Because Chen Xu's Marquis' Mansion is in the southeast, the fire seems clear. Hearing the sound of the gongs and the sound of a harsh sirens, Chen Xu knew that the Lieutenant Imperial Guard must have been alarmed, and this matter will soon be passed on to the palace, and it is estimated that the First Emperor will be alarmed.

"Arranging someone to see which house is there?" Seeing the fire getting bigger and bigger, Chen Xu frowned slightly.

"Mr. Marquis, I have arranged someone to inquire!" The housekeeper quickly answered.

After standing in the yard for half an hour, the firefighting was getting louder and louder, but it seemed that the fire did not decrease, but it became bigger and bigger. This made Chen Xu a little anxious. Now he is the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. Although he was not burning his house, he would always be busy with this matter for a few days, which would also bring some chaos to the people. If any prince, prince, prince, and minister were burned to death without luck, he would have to deal with the aftermath in the next few days, which might disrupt his plan to kill Zhao Gao.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the servant who went out to inquire about the situation hurriedly ran in.

"How? Which one caught fire?" Chen Xu asked anxiously.

"Mr., it's not the mansion of a noble family, but the house where Zhao Gao, the CRRC Mansion, caught fire?" The servant replied with a strange expression.

"Zhao Gao?" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, his face became solemn.

"Marty, Zhao Gao's house was abandoned for several years and has long been uninhabited. I heard that even several nearby residents have moved away. Therefore, the entire street is almost abandoned and is privately called a ghost street. Even if there is a fire, there will be no big losses, and there will be no casualties!" the housekeeper explained.

"Have you heard more information?" Chen Xu asked the servant who returned.

"The scene is quite chaotic. I heard that the first person who arrived said that the fire was burning from the house, but I had never seen anyone setting fires. However, the Lieutenant's Mansion Order Lu Xiao has already gone and is directing the fire to put out and tracking down the cause of the fire..." The servant roughly told the news about the inquiry at the scene.

"Well, you go down and inform the mansion to strictly prevent fire candles!" Chen Xu waved his hand nervously, and the housekeeper and his servant said he would leave. Soon the roar of fire candles sounded everywhere inside and outside the yard.

Today, Chen Yong and others were arranged to deal with Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao's old house caught fire at night. In Chen Xu's opinion, this matter must be related, but I don't know if Chen Yong and others succeeded, or if they escaped safely after the success?

Such a huge fire must have happened.

There was a fire in the south of the city, and the entire Xianyang was alarmed. In addition, there was no curfew on holidays and nights. It was not late at night when You and Xu intersected, so almost everyone was not asleep yet. They flocked to the south of the city to watch the fun. Naturally, many people gathered together to discuss the rumors that had begun to spread.

Given the abandoned nature of Zhao Gao's mansion, the most common thing to say is haunted, but this statement has also been sneered by many people, believing that it is caused by the clear and clear autumn air, withered and dead trees and ignited by wildfires.

In addition to the people, the palace was indeed alarmed.

Today, the emperor ran to favor Concubine Yun in broad daylight, and then fell ill. At this time, he was still in bed in Concubine Yun's bedroom. He was very angry when he heard the noise outside. He called someone in to ask, and then he realized that there was a fire in the south of the city, and the fire was not small, and half of the sky was dyed red.

"Quickly arrange for someone to leave the palace to inquire, where is the fire caught?" The emperor got up in a bad mood. After drinking a bowl of medicine in the evening, he felt much better at this time.

Soon, news came from the imperial guards guarding the palace gate that a fire broke out in Zhao Gao's mansion in the deserted south of the city. The Lieutenant's Mansion had arranged for the imperial guards and civilians to put out the fire and investigate the cause of the fire.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The wife of Zhao Gao's house has been abandoned for several years, and there is no one living there. Even if there is a fire, there will be no casualties!" Concubine Yun supported Qin Shihuang and comforted him softly.

"What I am beloved is saying is that no one is injured or killed. Well, why is the fragrance on my beloved concubine gone..." Qin Shihuang suddenly looked at Concubine Yun in surprise.

"Your Majesty, please forgive Yun's crime of disrespect!" Concubine Yun was panicked and knelt on the ground and begged for guilt.

"What are you guilty of?" Qin Shihuang frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the perfume that the woman applied to her body to add fragrance. It was offered by a merchant. The woman was happy and took it and applied it to her body. Unexpectedly, His Majesty also liked it very much. However, because of the fragrance for four consecutive days, his body was damaged. The imperial doctor told His Majesty to control his happiness. The woman was afraid and dared not confuse His Majesty again..." Yun looked pale and respected a small porcelain bottle with his hands.

"Perfume?" Qin Shihuang took the porcelain bottle and opened it, and indeed a faint fragrance emanated from it.

"Well, it's just this fragrance. It's so refreshing and pleasant to smell. I really like it..." Qin Shihuang played with it gently and capped the bottle, helped Yun Fei up with both hands and said, "You don't have to be frightened by the beloved concubine. This thing is indeed magical, but I don't know who made it?"

Seeing that the First Emperor was not angry, Concubine Yun felt relieved and replied softly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the merchant said that this perfume was circulated from the hands of Qinghehou. I heard that it was the use of immortal art to extract the fragrance from the flowers and called it the flower essential oil. The quantity is rare and extremely precious. A drop of flower essential oil will smell the whole house. This perfume is made of flower essential oil. As for more details, the woman doesn't know!"

"It turned out that it was done by the left prime minister. I asked him for some tomorrow. It was so fragrant that I wanted to apply some every day..."

Qin Shihuang was able to stay, and his interest quickly shifted from the fire in the south of the city to the perfume, and his mood gradually calmed down. Therefore, both the palace concubines and the imperial doctors on duty were relieved and soon passed the good news back to the Imperial Medical Office. The group of imperial doctors on duty all breathed a long sigh.

"Are you all surprised? Fang Sheng and Doctor Xu are pretty good on weekdays. I heard that they are still fellow villagers, so why did they have a dispute today?" Several imperial doctors who were drinking tea together gathered together to discuss.

"Fang Sheng is extremely arrogant and offended more than one person in the Imperial Medical Office and the Imperial Hospital. Today's incident is because His Majesty's condition is too complicated..."

"Shh, the Imperial Physician Order reminds you that this matter is not allowed to be discussed!"

"Oh, whether it is discussion or not, this tricky thing will be solved sooner or later. The longer it is delayed, the more dangerous it is..."

"Yes, I'll have to go to the end... Hey, strange, why didn't I see that Miao Witch today?"

"You didn't remember that Miao Wu?"

"I saw him heading to the backyard around the hour of You, but I didn't see him later..."

"Don't worry about him for now, I don't know which princes and ministers' mansion was at the palace of the fire just now. If there are too many casualties, the health center will probably be busy tomorrow. Since Your Majesty has improved, we will go back to rest..."

"Yes, these Mid-Autumn Festival, there are fun outside watching floats and guessing riddles. Only I have to be on duty in the palace. I am really depressed, so I go back early to rest..."

While muttering and complaining, a group of imperial doctors on duty returned to the class room to blow the lights and pull out waxes to sleep on the couch. The entire palace quickly calmed down as the emperor's condition improved, and the lights in each bedroom went out one by one.

Although the palace has become peaceful, it is even more lively outside the palace.
Chapter completed!