Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 55 Uncle Kong, your house is on fire!

"Clang clang clang... it's water, it's water..."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao and Xie Qian arrived at the gate of Kong Hongtai's small courtyard with a few soldiers holding fruits, they suddenly heard the sound of gongs and heart-piercing shouts.

Turning his head, he saw thick black smoke rising from the northeast corner of Kong's house, and he could faintly hear the crackling of burning objects.

"Master Xie, that seems to be where you live."

Looking at the place where the fire broke out, Zhu Houzhao cast a glance at Xie Qian, and said leisurely.

"Not good... my things!"

Xie Qian let out a scream, and without caring about his manners, he lifted his clothes and ran to the residence.

"Master Xie, slow down and be careful!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth, and he asked loudly.

Then he looked at the few Beijing soldiers who were still holding the fruit, and reprimanded angrily:
"Why are you still here in a daze? Don't rush to help!"

Only then did the soldiers come to their senses, and ran out holding the fruit boxes.

"Idiot, these fruits can put out fires, throw them away!"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head helplessly.

Only then did the soldiers realize that they were still holding a box of fruit in their hands.

"Hey, returning to the Beijing camp with this quality is not as good as the officers and soldiers of the guard."

Mentioning this, Zhu Houzhao felt a little helpless, the Beijing camp was completely abolished.

Leaving aside the issue of those generals who have fallen, the number of officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp has been reduced by at least half in terms of empty pay.

Coupled with Dad's series of coquettish operations, these soldiers were not allowed to train, but instead they were allowed to build buildings and work, saying that these soldiers were combat soldiers, and that they were more suitable for construction soldiers.

In history, it may be that the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp is really low, so Zhu Houzhao had to turn his attention to the frontier army.

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao had already made preparations, and he didn't expect these officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp to play any role in the future. In the future, he planned to reorganize the Beijing camp into an engineering camp and let them specialize in civil engineering.

"What's the matter... What's the matter? Where is the water, where is the water..."

As soon as the soldiers left, Kong Hongtai was helped out by his son and asked around in a panic.

"Well...over there!"

Zhu Houzhao pointed in a direction.

"Oh, okay, why did the water go out? What can I do?"

Following Zhu Houzhao's finger, Kong Hongtai saw thick smoke billowing in the distance, and even the sound of collapses.

"What should I do? Just find water to put it out."

Zhu Houzhao replied speechlessly, do you need to worry about such a simple question?

"Your Highness, you don't know that our Confucian Mansion does not have a well, because digging a well will destroy our family's luck, so all the water we drink is brought in from outside bucket by bucket."

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao didn't understand why his father was anxious, Kong Hongtai's son explained in a low voice.

Zhu Houzhao was speechless for a moment, and glanced at Kong Hongtai sympathetically.

He really didn't know about this, but he wasn't in a hurry, anyway, it wasn't his house that was burned.

"Why are you still here? Why don't you hurry over and have a look, and let people put out the fire quickly. If the ancestral temple is burned down and Konglin is burned, the ancestors will blame it!"

Seeing that his son still wanted to explain here, Kong Hongtai knocked on his crutch angrily.

"It's the father, my son will go right away, Your Highness, I'm sorry, please take care of my father."

"Okay, hurry up and let people pay attention to safety. If the house burns down, it can be rebuilt. If the people are gone, the whole family will be destroyed."

Zhu Houzhao kindly reminded him that as a good baby, it is very necessary to care about the people all the time, otherwise how can he show that he is a good prince who is benevolent and caring about the people.

"Your Highness, the old man's eyesight is bad, can you see clearly where the water is?"

When his son left in a hurry, Kong Hongtai squinted his eyes anxiously for a long time, but he couldn't see clearly which building was on fire.

"Oh, it's the room where Master Xie rests temporarily. When I went to find him just now, I saw that he was still lighting the oil lamp. Then the two of us came to see you together. There may be cats and dogs or something that knocked down the oil lamp. "

Zhu Houzhao replied casually, especially when talking about the location of the fire, he purposely spoke louder.

"What!"

Kong Hongtai's body trembled, and he looked at Zhu Houzhao dully.

"Your Highness, when you went, did you see a box that I gave to Xueshi Xie?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "I seem to have seen it!" Stretching out his hand and making a slight gesture, Zhu Houzhao asked Kong Hongtai, "Is it such a big red box?"

Seeing the size and shape of Zhu Houzhao's strokes, Kong Hongtai's body trembled, and after finishing speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell down.

"Alas...Yan Shenggong, why did you fall down, come quickly, people are dead, Yan Shenggong vomited blood and passed out."

An hour later, in Kong Hongtai's room, a group of people gathered around the bed, watching the imperial physician feel Kong Hongtai's pulse.

Looking at Kong Hongtai lying pale on the bed, everyone showed various expressions in their eyes.

There was a smile in Kong Hongxu's eyes, and at the same time there was a hint of expectation.

Kong Hongtai's son, whose face was covered in smoke and dust because of fighting the fire, looked at his father and uncle with a worried look on his face.

Although he was a bit of a dandy, he was not stupid. He knew that without his father, he alone would not be able to defeat his uncle, so among the people present, he hoped that Kong Hongtai was fine.

On the other hand, Xie Qian had a guilty expression on his face, because everything was gone, everything was burnt, and there was only a pile of dust left. Now he doesn't know how to explain to Kong Hongtai who believed in him so much.

As for Zhu Houzhao, it doesn't matter the whole process.

He has already got the things, and Kong Hongxu will be in his hands from now on. He doesn't care what happens to Kong Hongtai. It's better if he is dead. , I can't live long.

"Ok!"

A beep sounded, and the unconscious Kong Hongtai slowly opened his eyes.

"Brother Tai, father, Duke Yansheng..."

Seeing that Kong Hongtai woke up, the imperial physician withdrew his hand, and everyone quickly surrounded him.

Kong Hongtai didn't look at other people, but immediately looked at Xie Qian, his eyes were full of inquiries and expectations.

Noticing his gaze, Xie Qian sighed slightly. The other person looked like this. He didn't want to tell him the bad news, but seeing the expectant look in his eyes and the hand reaching out to grab his wrist, he shook his head helplessly. .

When Xie Qian shook his head, Kong Hongtai glared, lifted his body slightly, fell heavily, and fell into a coma again.

"Father, father..."

Kong Hongtai's son, who hadn't said a word to his father yet, saw his father fainted again, so he jumped up excitedly and let out a heart-piercing cry.

Standing aside, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Kong Hongxu, and Kong Hongxu, who was also looking at Zhu Houzhao, lowered his head slightly, showing surrender.

"Stay away, let me see!"

The imperial physician who had just turned around when he heard the shout ran back quickly, stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, and looked at Xie Qian and the others speechlessly.

"My lords, what did you say to him? There was still a glimmer of hope just now, but now... oh..."

Before the words were over, the imperial physician shook his head and sighed, got up and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

"His Royal Highness, forgive me for being incompetent, let the Kong family hire someone else!"

ps: As an author who serves readers, my rationality tells me that I cannot curse people, so I can only pretend not to see some words.

If you delete your words, it can only be said that you have blocked my way of making money.

(End of this chapter)