In the Xijunhe camp, Guo Ning often regarded his young followers as his brothers and partners. But at the same time, he was the most stringent leader and the most merciless general.
When the young servants are undergoing training, they have special requirements for how to stack bedding, the placement of each personal belongings, and even the sitting posture when eating. They are not allowed to deviate from the specifications in the slightest, nor are they allowed to deviate from Guo Ning's instructions.
There's not the slightest difference.
Guo Ning hopes that the habit of obeying orders will be engraved in their bones and let them know that when the general gives an order, they cannot waver even in the face of mountains of swords and seas of fire.
And Ni Yi was appointed by Guo Ning as the leader of the young followers. The most important thing is that he never hesitates or makes any compromises in executing Guo Ning's orders.
Amidst the screams of Du Shisheng and the young scholar, Ni Yima sprinted, and then threw the burning copper lamp with all his strength!
Guo Ning laughed: "This kid is so accurate and his physical strength has improved!"
That's natural. Ni Yi can use heavy iron axes as weapons, and his strength is obviously higher than other disciples. He has eaten well and practiced hard these days. Even Guo Ning may not be stronger than him in terms of brute force.
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So, Guo Ning raised his face and watched the exquisite lamp filled with kerosene draw a long arc in the air and hit the pillars of a high corridor in a certain turret, causing a huge cloud of sparks.
Zhongdu is a place where the wealth of the world gathers. From Ximagou to the area around Yucao Pond, there are huge shops with high cabinets, tea jars and wine shops, showing the magnificence of "Ruizhu Palace facing Pengying", as well as gardens with clouds, trees, embankments and sand.
, there is no shortage of the wild charm of "stone walls, bamboos reflecting the door, water flowing back to the mountains and several peach blossoms".
The restaurants and shops around Ximagou Bridge naturally also know how to be arty. These shops hang gorgeous big lamps by the river. The lamps themselves are either made of gold and copper to show their brilliance, or they are made of high-quality Yaozhou porcelain to show their elegance.
At night, the water and lights complement each other, really like the waves of heaven and earth.
The lamps are all large and contain a lot of lamp oil, so they are not light.
Ni Yi used all his strength and threw out all five or six headlights hanging next to the saddle in one breath. The headlights jumped over the high walls one after another, some hit the high eaves, and some hit the yellow and green glazed tiles.
Gululu rolled to the ground.
What a joy! Ni Yi wanted to laugh twice, but his breath caught in his chest. He felt short of breath and sore in his arms.
He stopped, wiped the sweat from his head, and looked at the dumbfounded officer in front of him.
Those people were the subordinate officers of the Zhongdu Police Patrol. There were about thirty or fifty of them, and they were running out of a long row of houses at the foot of the outer wall of the imperial city, holding iron chains, iron rulers and the like in their hands.
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It is said that these people's task is to police Zhongdu and prevent wandering people from approaching within ten feet of the imperial city of Zhongdu. However, they never dreamed that such a ridiculous scene would suddenly occur in the originally peaceful Zhongdu City.
A fat official dressed as a Jurchen and wearing gold rings in his ears arrived last, and he didn't understand what was going on yet. As he ran, he pulled up his trousers and shouted: "That kid, get off your horse quickly.
, don’t cause trouble!”
Ni Yi is taller than the average young man, but his appearance has not yet grown, and you can tell at a glance that he is still a young man. There is nothing wrong with the official shouting casually.
However, the other clerks' faces turned pale and they grabbed him and said, "Secretary, look behind you!"
As soon as the fat man turned around, he saw flames suddenly bursting out from within the palace wall. The fire spread extremely quickly and instantly engulfed several buildings in the flames, stirring up tongues of fire more than ten feet high and vomiting into the air!
This is a matter of course. Behind the palace wall, surrounding the Hall of Supreme Harmony, are a series of exquisite palaces built since Zhenyuan, such as Penglaiyuan, Ruizhu Palace, Ruizhu Palace, Longhe Palace, Longhe Palace,
The Xiangying Hall is a masterpiece of craftsmanship, and the complicated and gorgeous sills, hooked windows, chess caissons, and even the layers of varnish paintings on the wood are all the easiest to be set on fire!
In an instant, all the officials shouted wildly: "The water is leaking!"
At this time, what's the use of shouting twice?
The flames soared up, burning in all directions with the help of the wind. Soon, the first building was covered by fire, then the second, and then the third, slowly connecting into a piece, with bright red fire and thick black smoke.
It rolled around like some kind of huge monster, about to crawl out of the palace!
For a time, no one even paid attention to Ni Yi, the culprit, and all the officials ran towards the palace.
Some of the buildings close to the palace were where officials worked. At this time, people rushed out, shouting in panic, beating gongs and drums, and pouring water in through the high walls with utensils filled with water. In the military camp further away,
, drums, horns and gongs rang loudly one after another. It was tens of thousands of armed guards, bodyguards, and powerful soldiers who were gathering urgently.
Of course, there are also timid people who hold soft packages of gold and silver in their hands and try to stay away from the fire as quickly as possible.
According to the laws of Dajin, fires, arson and failure to put out fires are all serious crimes. During the reign of Emperor Tong, there was a fire in Yanjing. Someone investigated the responsibility and killed as many as 243 people in one breath. At this time, the palace city was on fire, endangering the emperor's safety.
, if these people are held accountable in the future, they will probably lose their skin.
Ni Yi was a wise man and rushed back.
He rode up to the top of the bridge and asked loudly: "Mr. Lang, how did I do?"
Guo Ning couldn't help but tugged at his short but strong mustache and praised from the bottom of his heart: "What a fire!"
At this time, the sky was dark, and when viewed from the top of the bridge, the fire became more and more terrifying. In the light of the fire, countless figures gathered from all directions, and their figures grew from small to large, from blurry to clear. Among them were those who put out the fire, and others
Some were running around and trampling in fear, and some were clearly troublemakers taking advantage of the fire.
It seems that everyone in Zhongdu is really frightened, and there are too many people with ulterior motives in the city. This fire will soon trigger large-scale riots.
"This... what should we do? Lang Jun, this has alerted all the defenders in the city!" Du Shisheng ran up from under the bridge and shouted repeatedly. His riding skills were ordinary, and he was knocked upside down at this moment.
His stomach was in turmoil, and he managed to shout twice. He hugged the horse's neck tightly and panted heavily.
Guo Ning noticed that the young scholar who was next to Du Shisheng just now was missing. This scholar was in danger, but he still wanted to save others, and he was a good character. It would be a pity to die in this chaos.
This thought passed by in a flash. In a world where ghosts cry and the wind blows, what does a scholar mean?
Guo Ning continued to look at the end of the road in the distance.
There were flags being erected one by one, and the soldiers were forming their troops under the flags.
There are a lot of them, but they are nothing to be afraid of. These soldiers may not be enough to suppress the riots in the city. The city of Zhongdu was in such chaos. How did it resist the Mongol attack last year and the year before?
Guo Ning really couldn't understand.
"Today's fire is enough to make the nobles in the city panic for a while. Let's go!" As he said that, he turned back and looked at where he came from: "The one closest to us is Changui Gate, right?"
"Yes Yes."
Guo Ning said: "It's not advisable to take the main road now. Could you please Mr. Du to see if there is an alley that can go around?"
Du Shisheng cheered up: "Yes, sir, please come with me. Let's go as fast as possible!"
The scholar Guo Ning remembered was so frightened that Guo Ning set fire to the imperial city of Zhongdu. He subconsciously shouted to stop him, fearing that he would offend the evil tiger, so he took advantage of everyone watching.
The fire stalls in the imperial city retreated continuously and ran out of Li Xukai.
After retreating to the shop at the edge of the street and hiding behind two slanted door panels, the scholar breathed a sigh of relief.
The little baby was still in his arms, looking at him with his round eyes.
The scholar pinched the little boy's red face and said softly: "Don't be anxious. When the matter is over, we will arrange for someone to find your family. If such a big thing happens, those thieves will leave soon. If they don't leave, they will be killed."
Once the two doors are closed together, it’s really impossible to leave!”
Having said this, he shook his head again and again. Such a big thing happened in the city, but the Archguard Commander in charge of both internal and external city defenses has not responded yet, and has not even closed the city gate... It is ridiculous. It is the same in the court.
How can Dajin maintain itself with people like this?
At this time, there was a rumble of hoofbeats on the street outside. It turned out that the Wuwei Army Brigade, which had lagged behind, finally caught up. After the team was reunited, there were still two to three hundred people, a large scale, and the leader was Shan Jinshou.
This was originally a powerful army capable of catching thieves and being rewarded for meritorious service, but the scholar looked at it clearly, and all the soldiers looked ugly.
After all, these armed guards are not real battlefield warriors. They are all too smart. The more chaotic the situation in the city, the more shaken they are. Because everyone has thought that the thieves who set the fire were forced in by them.
In the city! Now the palace is on fire. The superiors are investigating. God knows whether they will investigate the responsibility of the soldiers?
Damn it, if Judge Tu Dan hadn’t come here on a whim, such a terrible thing would never have happened! Who knows what this Lord Judge is planning to do?
With the soldiers facing like this, it was inevitable that some would look askance at Tu Dan Jinshou. And Tu Dan Jinshou's mood naturally did not improve.
His face was heavy and his eyes were blood red. When he passed by the scholar on horseback, the scholar saw it more clearly. This military general with outstanding martial arts gritted his teeth, and veins burst out on the back of the hand holding the sword. He was obviously extremely angry.
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Seeing this situation, the scholar was a little embarrassed. He was originally ordered by his disciple Shan Yi to secretly inform his disciple Shan Jinshou not to make the test too difficult, but in this situation, what kind of test is there to talk about?
This is obviously the evil tiger who tested Tu Dan Jinshou, right? And Tu Dan Jinshou failed the test!
Alas, if you think about it carefully, not only is Tu Dan's golden life dependence ruined, Tu Dan Youcheng's calculation of "advancing or retreating is suitable" doesn't seem to be that accurate either?
"Ahem..." The scholar couldn't help coughing a few times, thinking about whether there was any need to contact his disciple Shan Jinshou.
Just as he was coughing, several knights in robes came out from the alley on the opposite side of the road and rushed through the ranks of the armed guards in a swagger.
At this time, there was chaos in the capital city. The main street faced the palace city, and there were firelights and shadows. The officers and soldiers of the armed guards were all preoccupied, and they just thought that these knights were the messenger knights of which army, and did not care.
However, when the knights passed by Tu Shan Jinshou not far away, the last knight suddenly stood up. The speed of the horse did not slow down, and when he stood up high in the stirrups, he was clearly waving more than four feet in his hand.
Long iron-bone flowers!
With Shan Jinshou's battlefield experience and skills, he would never have been so negligent. But now he was full of anger, and his mind was full of thinking about how to explain to the two major forces in the court... He really didn't react!
The whistling sound of the Iron Bone Flower in the air could be heard clearly by everyone within a few feet. Tu Dan Jinshou screamed, his left shoulder collapsed suddenly, and he fell down to the right and dismounted.
The terrifying sound of the iron bone tearing apart flesh and blood and hitting bones, causing several bones to shatter, was simply breathtaking.
When the other soldiers of the Armed Guards came to their senses, the cavalry quickly ran away and disappeared into the Zhangyimen doorway!
The young scholar subconsciously retreated deeper into the store.
"Confused! Ridiculous! Stupid!" He cursed several times in succession, not knowing who he was scolding.
After a while, he sighed again: "What a vicious tiger!"