Red Mansion Cat Master

Every early autumn, the emperor would take the princes and ministers to hunt in the paddocks in the suburbs of Beijing, and this year was no exception.

Tomorrow happens to be an auspicious day for the emperor to travel.From the palace gate to the Donghua gate in the east of the city, all the main roads are under martial law.Escorting the emperor all the way out of Beijing was naturally the imperial army under the command of the Jingying Jiedushi.

In the eyes of the emperor, how the law and order is managed on weekdays depends on today's performance.

If Xuanlou isn't adding some material to Wang Ziteng at this time, when will it be?

Early in the morning, Xuan Lou called Mrs. Xing and took her out.Xuanlou first asked Mrs. Xing to go to Donghua Gate in the east of the city by car, and ordered her to wait at the designated place.

When Mrs. Xing arrived at the place, she found that it was an alley extending in all directions, tens of feet away from the main street.At this time, the son emperor has not yet arrived, and there are not many guards on the street, only one standing about two feet away.After the carriage stopped in the alley, Mrs. Xing obediently stayed in the carriage, with the front of the carriage facing the direction of escape, while she lifted the window screen, poked her head out, and looked at the sky in the west

Xuanlou went straight to the Zhuangyuan Building when it was considered auspicious.Today, the Zhuangyuan Building is overcrowded, and many wealthy people book private rooms at high prices to see the beauty of the sky.

A private room facing the street had already been reserved in Xuanlou, and the downstairs was the road the emperor passed by.There is another special feature of this private room, there is a window facing west.Not far to the west from the window, there is a corridor sandwiched between two walls.The road is very narrow, only big enough for one person to pass through.Now, at the place where the corridor connects to the deeper alley, two beggars have just piled up the haystacks.

On the street, a group of people and horses came first, and the officials with gongs and drums walked in front. First, they beat the gong twice, and then shouted in unison: "The emperor is coming, strangers stay away!"

As soon as the words were shouted, more people came to watch.The people on the street were reminded and knelt down one after another, waiting to be picked up.

Xuan Lou closed the window, leaving only a gap to observe.He wouldn't show his face, he was rushing to kneel down for others.

Xuan Lou's eyes were shining, and he was leaning against the window and waiting patiently.Sure enough, after burning a stick of incense, he saw a group of mighty people and horses coming from the west. The carriage in the middle of the group was bright yellow, and he could tell at a glance that it was the emperor's car.Taking a closer look, there was someone riding a horse in front of the carriage. He was wearing expensive uniform, about forty or fifty years old, with a solemn face, and a faint purple aura exuded around his body.There was a little kindness in his eyes, and he was very concerned about the people around him.

Xuan Lou was amused, rubbed his chin and watched for a while, and saw the pedestrian approaching.He turned around and opened the west window, activated the aura, and set the wet grass in the corner not far away on fire.

Wet grass is hard to hold, but once it does, it billows with smoke.The amount of grass in a cart is actually not much, but the amount of smoke it produces is enough for the emperor to see, especially now that the emperor is on the horse, and his vision is very wide.

As soon as the smoke came out, some guards shouted: "Get out of the water and protect the emperor!"

Immediately afterwards, five groups of people surrounded the emperor, and another group of people walked towards the corridor with knives.Due to the narrow road and the choking smoke, the soldiers were caught in the corridor and delayed the firefighting time.

Seeing that it was twelve, Xuanlou smiled, closed the window casually, and went downstairs in the chaos, mingling with the crowd in a blink of an eye.

Wang Ziteng was accompanying Shengjia, and when he saw the thick smoke rising, his heart skipped a beat and he cursed bad luck.While feeling ashamed, he ran to direct the rescue.Unexpectedly, the subordinates were incompetent. After running to the tunnel, they all came back coughing with their buttocks pouted.

Isn't this embarrassing for him!

Prince Teng blushed with anger, and waved his finger at them to give orders: "Go back, anyone who dares to come out will be dealt with by military law!"

The onlookers panicked for a while, but later found that the fire seemed to have no tendency to spread, and they all began to watch the excitement.

The emperor still looked solemn, his expression didn't change much, but his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes fell on Wang Ziteng.

The fourth prince Ai Shiqing saw that Wang Ziteng's command was not good, so he hurriedly sent another team to climb over the wall from the backyard of the Zhuangyuan Building, and the guards quickly put out the fire with water.

Ai Shiqing learned that the haystack was on fire, so he hurried to report to the prince.

The prince hurriedly cupped his hands and informed the emperor of the result: "I think it's because the firewood is too dry and it ignites by itself. It's not a big deal. Father, why don't you let the fourth brother stay here to deal with it first, and let's go on our way first?"

The emperor glanced at Ai Shiqing, and then nodded at the prince.

Wang Ziteng stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do.After waiting for a long time, he saw that the emperor didn't mention him, so he continued to mount his horse and follow the team cheekily.He is still fully responsible for the emperor's safety along the way.

Wang Ziteng comforted himself, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.He raised his head casually, just in time to see black smoke rising from a distance to the east, followed by another one, and another one.There are three places in total!

Wang Ziteng's heart rose to his throat, he was so frightened that he lost his soul.Only then did he think of the emperor, and slowly turned his head to look at the emperor in fear, but unfortunately, he happened to meet the gaze of the emperor unexpectedly.

Wang Ziteng was so frightened that he was so weak that he accidentally fell off the horse.

At this time, the team stopped advancing, and all the ministers looked at Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng didn't dare to cry out, he crawled up to the emperor and kowtowed to make amends: "There must be some thieves deliberately making trouble and plotting wrongdoing, so I will send someone to find out the truth."

Seeing his virtue, the emperor smiled, with endless indifference and chilling majesty in his smile.

"You go." The emperor said slowly, seemingly casually, but his words were full of threats.

Wang Ziteng understood the emperor's meaning in his heart, and he must have a complete explanation for this matter.Otherwise, it would be light for him to be scolded. If he was demoted, his previous achievements and future would be ruined.

Gritting his teeth, Wang Ziteng led his people to the scene of the accident, and the fire had already been extinguished.What Wang Ziteng saw were three haystacks that were almost burnt to ashes.Step on it, and when the wind blows, dust will be blown everywhere. In a short time, these grass ash will be blown away by the autumn wind.

"What is this!" Wang Ziteng was going crazy.Because of the broken grass here, I have to bear the emperor's doubts.

The soldiers were well aware of Wang Ziteng's temper, no one dared to speak, they all lowered their heads and remained silent.

"I ask you, who set the fire? Has the person who set the fire been caught?" Wang Ziteng roared.

The soldiers shook their heads, and the leader pretended to be brave and said: "My lord, when the subordinates arrived, they only saw the haystacks on fire, and saw no one. There were no people around, even the family members of the people in the alley. Everyone searched, and every household went out in order to see the holy face. There was no one in the alley, and no one witnessed the situation at that time."

"This is the end? How do you want me to go back to the emperor? Do you want to tell the emperor, but it's such a coincidence that he caught up with four haystacks and caught fire when he was traveling?" Veins can be seen.

The soldiers didn't dare to speak anymore, and all bowed their heads in silence.

Ai Shiqing led people to investigate on his own.He didn't care about the cause of this matter, he was very curious about how the fire was set off.Apparently this fire was a trigger, it caught fire first, and then it caused the three places on the east side of the city to also catch fire.

Ai Shiqing inspected the haystacks on purpose, and the ones facing the street were more severely burned, indicating that the fire started from this side.Ai Shiqing couldn't figure it out, if the haystacks were ignited from this direction, the person who set the fire would have to run towards the street.According to the situation at the time, he should have been blocked by officers and soldiers, but there was no one in the passage at that time.

Ai Shiqing didn't think right, so he rubbed his chin and raised his hand, just in time to see Zhuangyuan Lang in front of him.It would also work if a rocket was fired from the west-facing window on the second floor.However, based on the situation at the time, if an arrow was shot, it is impossible for no one to notice it.

"Your Highness, it's so strange that there is so much smoke coming out of this little grass." When Chen Fugang saw it, he thought it was a big fire.

Ai Shiqing suddenly realized, "It's wet grass."

Ai Shiqing immediately took people to the Zhuangyuan Building, and went straight to the west-facing private room on the second floor, but all came to nothing.Ai Shiqing asked the shopkeeper, and when he learned that there was indeed a man who paid to book this room, he became even more skeptical.

"Then you can see that he has a bow and arrow or a package or something like that?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "The gentleman is dressed in a chic style, with only a fan in his hand, and nothing else. He came and went like this."

Unexpectedly, I guessed wrong.

Ai Shiqing frowned displeasedly, and rode to the east of the city.

Occasionally a figure passed by on the road, Ai Shiqing reined in the reins, searched the crowd on the street, and indeed saw an acquaintance.

"Jia Xuanlou!"

Xuanlou had just done something cool, and he was looking at the old man blowing sugar on the street with his buttocks pouted in a beautiful way.Hearing Ai Shiqing's call, he knew it was the fourth prince.He didn't bother to move, he picked up the sugar figurine wobbled, and walked into the alley while admiring it, pretending that he didn't hear what the fourth prince said.

"Jia Xuanlou!" Ai Shiqing shouted again, rushed forward in two or three steps, and patted him.

Xuanlou had no choice but to prepare to salute.

Ai Shiqing hurriedly stopped him, "I'm wearing casual clothes, so there's no need."

"What is Your Highness doing here?" Xuan Lou pretended to be puzzled and asked him, while handing a sugar figurine in his hand to Ai Shiqing.

Ai Shiqing was stunned for a moment, but still reached out to pick it up, and admired it by the way, "Exquisite workmanship, this Zhu Bajie is so lifelike."

"Like, it's true." Xuan Lou held up the sugar figurine in his hand and nodded in agreement.In addition to the Monkey King that he gave to Jia Cong and Sister Qiao, he also made one himself, and Xuanlou asked them to make it like Wang Ziteng.

Ai Shiqing didn't pay much attention to his words, and asked him what he was doing on the street.

Xuan Lou compared how many sugar figurines he had in his hand, "The emperor is on a tour today, here to join in the fun, and buy something for the children to go home."

As soon as the emperor left, the vendors on the street hurriedly set up their stalls taking advantage of the crowds, and it was very lively.

Ai Shiqing nodded, laughing at himself for being suspicious just now.Apart from curing acne, this Jia She is usually an idler. He neither serves as an official nor seeks power. It is unlikely that he was the one who planned the arson.

"I heard that there were several fires. I wonder if something happened?" Xuan Lou rubbed his chin and looked at Ai Shiqing.

Ai Shiqing smiled lightly and raised his eyebrows to look at him: "Of course! As far as I know, Wang Ziteng is your younger brother's eldest brother-in-law, and your Jia and Wang's families are not only connected by in-laws. Let me tell you, he will have a big event son."

Flowers bloomed in Xuanlou's eyes with great excitement.

With a "crack", Xuan Lou bit off the sugar man's head in his hand.While chewing it crisply, he sighed casually: "Yes, that's a pity."