Datang: I was overheard by the Empress

Chapter 88 Burning Dali Temple!
Dali Temple,
Dali Temple is next to Kaiyuan Gate, geographically speaking, it is located in the northwest corner of Chang'an City!
At this moment, the flames in Dali Temple were full of fire, and the flames were rising from the Dali Temple. It was winter, and the weather was dry. Once there was a fire, it would be difficult to effectively control the fire!

Ma Yuanbang, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is now ashamed, his face is black and white, and he is organizing the fire fighting: "Hurry up, hurry up, go get water and put out the fire!"

"My lord, there is no water. The water jars under the corner are frozen, and I can't get them out..."

There are quite a few people rushing out of Dali Temple, but most of them can only stare blankly at this moment!
Originally, dozens of large water tanks were placed around the walls of the Dali Temple, and water was stored in the water tanks all year round, in order to deal with such situations!
However, these water tanks are useless at this moment. In such a cold weather, the water in these water tanks has already been frozen into lumps of ice!

"How can this be done? How can this be done!"

At this moment, Ma Yuanbang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and turned around, but it was completely useless!
"Shut up!"

The distance from Zhuque Street to Dali Temple is not close. Even though Li Yuanfang galloped all the way, it took a lot of time to reach Dali Temple!

Li Yuanfang grabbed the reins of the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage after the carriage stopped for a while, and Di Renjie jumped out of the carriage immediately!

Looking at the raging fire in Dali Temple, Di Renjie frowned for a moment. The fire was really big, almost half of the houses in Dali Temple were ignited, and the fire was still spreading!
"Master Di, you are finally here. There is a fire in the Dali Temple, and the water in the water tank has been frozen. The fire is so serious that it is difficult to control!" Ma Yuanbang said anxiously!

"To fight the fire, put out the fire first. If the water tank is empty, go to the homes of the nearby people to borrow water. Put out the fire quickly!"

Di Renjie immediately said anxiously, no matter what, the fire in Dali Temple must be extinguished first, otherwise, the consequences will be absolutely disastrous!

The officials of Dali Temple suddenly woke up like a dream, and quickly directed their staff to the homes of the people in the nearby square market to borrow water.

At this time, the secret guards sent by Wu Zetian also rushed over with a thousand city guards near the Kaiyuan Gate.
With the addition of the thousand city guards, the speed of fire fighting was greatly improved, but even so, it took more than half an hour to extinguish the fire in Dali Temple!

However, because no effective water source has been available, although the fire was finally extinguished, this fire directly burned most of Dali Temple!
at this time,
Her Majesty's royal driver has come to Dali Temple,
But at this moment, the Dali Temple is already full of smog and ruins, and there is no way to enter it!

"How is Dali Temple now?"

There was no way to enter Dali Temple, so Wu Zetian didn't get out of the car, but sat in the middle of the dragon and asked in a deep voice!
"Report to Your Majesty, although the generals tried their best to put out the fire, the fire in Dali Temple was too large to be effectively controlled. Although the fire has been extinguished, most of Dali Temple has been burned down, and the archives of Dali Temple have also been burned. Once empty, thousands of files were all reduced to ashes!"

The person who was ordered to come to fight the fire was a school lieutenant general from Kaiyuanmen, who said in a deep voice at this moment,

Just now, his 1000 men tried their best to put out the fire, but the fire was too big, and there was no direct water source nearby, so they only got water from nearby people's homes, which was much slower!

In the midst of the dragon rush, Her Majesty the Empress fell silent for a moment, and did not speak. The fire in Dali Temple really came too suddenly, and it had a great impact on Di Renjie!
Di Renjie was silent on the spot at the moment, and didn't speak for a while!
Dereliction of duty, this time for Di Renjie, it can definitely be regarded as a serious dereliction of duty!

A fire broke out in Dali Temple, and thousands of files in the archive room were burned. This is an extremely serious accident, and it has even affected Di Renjie's life and death!

Cheng Yaojin, Changsun Wuji, Yan Liben, King Liang, King Wei, He Lan Anshi and others also rushed to Dali Temple upon hearing the news.
It can be said that almost all the people who were in the Haidilao hot pot restaurant just now have arrived at Dali Temple!

"Brother, are you okay?"

Di Renjie's body was crumbling, Di Ping'an hurriedly supported his elder brother,

"I'm fine..."

Di Renjie said in a deep voice, and then he stood up straight and told Wu Zetian who was in the middle of the dragon!

"Chen Di Renjie pleads guilty to His Majesty. The Dali Temple caught fire, and I have an unshirkable responsibility. In the archives of Dali Temple, more than 1000 files were all burned. This is the crime of the minister. Please forgive me!"

Di Renjie immediately kowtowed and pleaded guilty. If the Dali Temple was simply caught on fire, it would be fine. It was just that the imperial court spent money to rebuild the Dali Temple.

But the most critical issue now is that the more than 1000 files in the archives of Dali Temple were burned.
What about the more than 1000 cases that Dali Temple has backlogged up to now?
What about those criminals who are detained in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?
In particular, many files contain extremely important information. These are all cases accumulated by Dali Temple this year.
Now that all the materials have been burned, who can fill them up?
If these materials cannot be supplemented, it will take a long time to re-investigate and collect evidence for these previous cases, and some cases may not be recovered at all!

"What do you think should be done about the fire in Dali Temple?"

Wu Zetian's cold voice came out from the dragon rush!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the Dali Temple is on fire, and there are many doubts about this matter!"

Yan Liben first opened his mouth to defend Di Renjie, no matter how Di Renjie was recommended by Yan Liben, and now that Di Renjie has made such a big deal, Yan Liben is too embarrassed to stand by and watch!
"A fire broke out in Dali Temple, and the fire was very large, especially the archives room of Dali Temple, which was completely burned down. Today, there are many people in Dali Temple. If a fire is discovered, it can be put out as soon as possible, but the fire spread so quickly. Veteran I think this matter is definitely not a natural fire, but someone deliberately set it up, it is artificial arson, please be aware of it, Your Majesty!"

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(End of this chapter)