In Taiyuan City, huge firelight shone throughout the snowy night, and the reflected light illuminated the entire city. Outside the city, a pillar of fire and thick smoke could be seen constantly sweeping the heavy snow in the sky.

Located in the middle of the city, Shanxi Province's chief envoys are Si Yamen, Taiyuan Prefecture Yamen, and Yangqu County Yamen.

Looking from a distance, it seemed as if these three government offices were covered by a huge sea of ​​fire.

The snow that had been falling all day around was melting continuously due to the hot flames, and the snow on the road began to melt.

The melted snow water flowed around and entered the ditches on both sides of the street, making a tinkling sound accompanied by the crackling sound from the sea of ​​fire.

In the sky, not only white goose feathers of snow fell, but also gray-black dust began to fall.

The dust will bring sparks and fall into the snow around the three government offices. It will immediately melt into a dot, and then a large circle of snow around it will be stained black and gray.

Some of the officers who were keeping vigil at the government yamen were wearing thick clothes, while others were just wearing the simple clothes they wore when they were hiding in the house to warm themselves by the fire. Soon a large group of people gathered on the street outside the yamen.

From time to time there was a roaring sound coming from inside the government office.

After each roar, there will be sparks all over the sky, and air waves generated by the collapse of houses, and small firewood will be blown up into the air.

After losing power, they will float around one after another.

The people who came out of the government office were completely dumbfounded.

"It's... it's... it's Jia Ge Ku!"

"It's because the Jiageku has lost its water!"

The guard who was inside rushed out in disgrace, his face full of horror, and he shouted to the people outside.

Cabinet library.

It is a place where everything in the world gathers.

Everything that can be thought of or unexpected, including the number of people in the place, acres of land, taxes, corvees, soldiers, government accounts, etc., will be truthfully recorded in the books and then archived in the cabinet.

It can be said that the things stored in the cabinet are representative of a place.

If you want to understand a place, you must understand the documents and books archived in the cabinet library.

Now, the Shanxi Province Governor's Si Yamen Jiage Library, Taiyuan Prefecture, and Yangqu County Jiage Library have all been devoured by fire.

This means that all the detailed records and archives of Taiyuan Prefecture and the entire Shanxi Province have disappeared with this fire.

When someone rushed out from inside and said that the water had been taken away from the Jiagetukuo, many people in the crowd outside the government office immediately fell to the ground.

The destruction of the cabinet library was a major event.

But now, the emperor's grandson is outside Taiyuan City, surrounded by two Beijing army guards, as well as Jinyi guards and Yulin guards.

This is a bigger deal.

Someone woke up with a start, ran through the crowd, and ran in front of everyone.

"Where is the chief envoy? And where are the prefectural and county officials?"

"Now go gather people and rescue as many as you can from Jiageku. We also need to prevent the fire from setting the yamen on fire, so everyone gets moving!"

The disappearance of the Jigeku is equivalent to the disappearance of Shanxi Road in a sense.

At this time, someone finally calmed down and started giving orders.

At first, the clerks of the Yamen and the servants rushed towards the sea of ​​​​fire, trying to put out the fire.

Someone came forward and whispered: "Today my grandson came to Taiyuan City. Although he has not entered the city, the gentlemen from all the government offices are over there at Wangfen Tower..."

The eyes of those who had just learned about the whereabouts of the various government officials could not help but shrink.

Wangfen Tower is the property of the Li family. It houses countless girls who have been trained since childhood to serve others, as well as endless delicacies and endless things for pleasure.

Since Wangfen Tower was taken over by the Li family, it has become the most popular place for officials in Taiyuan City.

The person who stood up first had a cold look on his face: "Go! Even if you risk being reprimanded, you have to call all the superiors back!"

"this……"

The people in front of me were immediately troubled.

They are just clerks in various yamen, and they don't even have official status. Otherwise, they would not be able to stay in the yamen so late at night.

Asking them to enjoy themselves all night long, and then waking up the superior officials who were already drunk and sleeping on the lap of a beautiful lady, isn't this asking for trouble?

The man snorted coldly: "It's a big deal that the Jia Ge Treasury was destroyed. The emperor's grandson is outside the city at this time. You can't see such a big fire outside the city? Wait until the city gate is opened tomorrow.

Do you believe that His Highness Taisun will send people into the city to find out what happened? By then, the superior officials have not returned and they still don’t know what happened before and after, so that will be really troublesome."

While the man was talking, seeing that the idiots in front of him had not yet reacted, he stamped his feet angrily and shouted: "If you don't want to go, I'll go! Those over there, follow me to Wangfen Tower!"

After ordering a few officers, the official from the Chief Envoy Si Yamen led the people and rushed towards Wangfen Tower.

Everyone was left unable to move forward or retreat, and in the end they had no choice but to rush towards the fire scene.

Now the two jiage warehouses have been burned down. If even the three government offices are burned down, then Shanxi Road will really be over.

There were no bandits, there was no great chaos, there were no foreign enemies in Taiyuan City, but the government office was destroyed by fire, and the entire Shanxi Province would be disgraced if told.

All of a sudden, people from the three yamen began to call the police officers from all walks of life to put out the fire.

Taiyuan City was noisy for a while. On this snowy night, the movements here seemed particularly eye-catching and eye-catching.

The area of ​​private houses between the Li Mansion Courtyard and the Jin Prince's Mansion in the north of the city.

Zhu Yunwen stood behind the door of the house, looking at the blazing fire in the south, with a smile on his face.

Those people finally took action.

"Sure enough, it's pretty much what I thought."

Zhu Yunwen muttered in a low voice, looking up at a small piece of firewood that was constantly surging inside, floating to his eyes from there, and landed lightly in his yard.

There was a sizzling sound.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The moment the piece of firewood fell to the ground, the snow was melted. When the piece of firewood was soaked with snow water, the carbon ash inside was absorbed.

In the blink of an eye, a small patch of snow was turned black.

"The fire burned down the pavilion, and the ground was covered with ashes like dust and smoke."

Zhu Yunwen muttered in a low voice and looked back at the inner room where there was no movement anymore, feeling a little relieved.

He stepped out of the house, turned around and closed the door gently.

Then he walked to the cellar in a few steps, took a big broom next to him, and swept away the snow on the cellar with a few strokes.

Lifting the cover, Zhu Yunwen carefully walked down to the cellar, picked up a fire stick and a candle from the wall on the side, opened the fire stick and blew twice to light the candle, and finally lowered the cover.

Now there are two more stools in this cellar.

Zhu Yunwen entered the cellar and saw no one. He didn't say anything. He just moved a stool and placed it opposite the dark tunnel. Then he sat down on his knees and stared at the tunnel exit quietly.

There will be many people unable to sleep in Taiyuan City tonight.

Looking at the dark tunnel exit, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but think of what he said to Qiuniang outside the city during the day.

He quietly stared at the tunnel exit. Although there was no movement inside yet, he believed that it wouldn't be long before either Zhang Hui or someone else would appear in front of him.

After all, Taiyuan City is destined to be sleepless tonight.

The Prince Jin's Mansion is not too far away from Zhu Yunwen's courtyard.

Because the regulations corresponded to the construction of Tianhuang City, a huge rammed earth mound was built under the main hall, which kept the height of the palace hall at the highest position in the entire Taiyuan City.

In front of the Jin Palace at this time.

Jin King Zhu Fan was wearing a solid-color cloak and looking at the fire south of the palace.

Beside him is his second son, Zhu Jiye.

Zhu Fan clasped his hands in front of him, holding a gold hand-warming copper stove in the middle. The light from the fire in the south passed through the dark snowy night, all the way to the Jin Palace, leaving only a weak light shining on it.

Zhu Fan's face.

He whispered: "Is that the location of the Taoist government office?"

Zhu Jiye wore a large varicolored cloak, held the edges together with his hands, nodded and said: "The Chief Envoy Si Yamen, Taiyuan Prefecture Yamen, and Yangqu County Yamen are the locations of these three Yamen."

"It's such a beautiful snowy day, why did the water come out?"

Zhu Fan asked with a curious look on his face, and a little regretful.

Zhu Jiye looked sideways at his father's back, with a smile on his face: "I think it was because of the heavy snow that it chilled the servants in the yamen. Maybe they forgot to light the brazier, so the yamen was attracted."

Zhu Fan sighed: "It will cost a lot of money and food to repair the house."

Zhu Jiye asked curiously: "Father, if you are not curious, where will you get lost?"

"Can't we find out when it gets daylight?" Zhu Fan turned his head sideways, with a hint of mystery on his face, and looked at Zhu Jiye: "No matter where the water went, this fire can be regarded as burning."

Zhu Jiye asked: "What should our Jin Palace do?"

"Learning from the past, I naturally want to warn people not to try to keep warm and set our palace on fire. Tomorrow I will buy more large water tanks in the city and move them back to the palace, and they will be filled with water."

"My son understands."

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To be continued...