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Chen Chu leaned close to Cheng Yaojin's ear and whispered his plan.

After Cheng Yaojin heard it, he suddenly jumped up excitedly, smacked his lips and said, "This... the price is too high... If you are not careful, you will pay the Duke Lu's mansion..."

Chen Chu smiled slightly and said, "Fourth brother, you have to believe in the profession and listen to me, you are right..."

Cheng Yaojin thought for a while, then asked worriedly: "Fifth brother, are you sure I can make a lot of money once the coal is sold?"

Chen Chu said affirmatively: "Fourth brother, you also own [-]% of the shares anyway, just like the prince and the king of Yue, what are you worried about?"

Snapped.

Cheng Yaojin patted his thigh and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you..."

Saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Cheng Yaojin thought for a while, then scratched his head and said, "Fifth Brother, since you want to win people's trust, why not add a few more mansions, just Lu Guogong's family, but it is not enough..."

Chen Chu was taken aback: "Fourth brother, what do you mean?"

Cheng Yaojin chuckled: "I think the East Palace is not bad..."

East Palace?

Chen Chu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Wonderful, fourth brother, I didn't expect you to be more ruthless than me...I'll tell the prince about this matter, he is also in the same boat as us, so he probably won't refuse."

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said: "Others are worried, if you go in person, the crown prince will definitely listen to you... You don't know, since you appeared, the crown prince has almost followed your lead, and the officials in the East Palace hate you to the core ..."

Chen Chu stroked his chin and said, "In this case, I'll go to the prince now, fourth brother, you can arrange it in the mansion first."

"That's natural!"

Cheng Yaojin showed the same smirk as Chen Chu.

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The next day.

Tai Chi Temple.

It was morning time.

The Ministry of War Shangshu Hou Junji's first report: "My Majesty, General Li Ji sent a report that Tuyuhun has completely surrendered, and the Tang Heavenly Army has assembled on the Tubo border. Tubo sent envoys to negotiate peace with Li Ji and Duan Zhixuan. Ji Ji did not dare to make his own decisions, so he sent a special report, asking the court to decide whether to negotiate peace with Tubo, or directly send troops to attack Tubo..."

In a short time, Tubo was completely taken down.

This made the courtiers very excited.

Li Er said: "My dear friends, this matter is gratifying and congratulatory. Tuyuhun has always been a foreign country of my Tang Dynasty, but secretly colluded with Tubo, and almost caused my Tang Dynasty to lose several states. Now, Tuyuhun is destroyed. You deserve what you deserve..."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

Everyone shouted.

Back then, many ministers did not understand Li Er's plan to use troops against Tuyuhun.

Many ministers have reported that Tuyuhun has Tubo's support, and the Tang Dynasty cannot escape the benefits.

Who knows, Tubo didn't even move at all this time, just watched Tuyuhun disappear.

The demise of Tuyuhun directly knocked the mountain and shook the tiger, scaring Tubo stupidly.

Now, the courtiers had nothing to say.

After everyone's flattery was finished, Li Er glanced around and said, "As for the peace talks with Tubo, or the use of troops... I want to hear the opinions of some generals. Eh, why is Cheng Zhijie missing?"

When everyone heard the words, they searched for it one after another.

But he didn't see Cheng Yaojin's shadow.

Today is the big court meeting once every half a month, and everyone must be present.

Li Er asked, "Does anyone know where Cheng Zhijie went?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Qin Qiong said: "Your Majesty, Zhijie has never been absent from the court meeting. Today, I'm afraid that something happened at home, or I'm sick."

Li Ergang wanted to send someone to take a look, but he heard hurried footsteps outside the main hall, and Cheng Yaojin's hoarse voice: "Give way, old Cheng, I will go in quietly, lest His Majesty find out..."

Everyone: "..."

With such a loud voice, the officials inside and outside the entire hall heard it.

Then, Cheng Yaojinpa pulled away from the crowd, ran in with his head bowed, and stood in his place.

He lowered his head, not realizing that everyone was staring at him.

"Cough cough..."

Li Er coughed and asked, "Zhijie, why are you late? Today is the court meeting, as the elder of the court, don't you know?"

Cheng Yaojin looked up.

Wait for everyone to see what he looks like.

Swish.

Li Er was stunned.

The courtiers also widened their eyes.

Wang Gui shouted in surprise: "God, General Cheng, what's wrong with you?"

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Chapter 269 Misfortunes Never Come Alone

I saw Cheng Yaojin's face was black and grim, as if he had just crawled out of a fire pit.

The hair was also burnt a lot.

A robe was also burned with several holes.

The majestic general Cheng Yaojin, what has happened to him?

The courtiers were all dumbfounded.

At this time, Li Er couldn't care about why Cheng Yaojin didn't attend the Dachao meeting on time, because the old Cheng looked really miserable.

He couldn't help asking: "Zhijie, what's wrong with you?"

Cheng Yaojin opened his mouth, spit out a puff of smoke, and said: "Your Majesty, my minister... There was a fire in my house. I was fighting the fire at home early this morning, so I was late. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, my lord." I plan to sneak in quietly, so as not to disturb everyone, who knows that those dogs at the door will block it..."

Everyone: "..."

Obviously you exposed it yourself, why are you blaming us?

Li Er asked curiously: "Duke Lu's mansion is not small, and it's cold winter, how could there be a fire?"

This season is not the season of fire.

Generally speaking, summer or autumn are the most prone to fire seasons.

Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I heard from Master Yuan that this winter is cold, so I specially asked the servants to buy firewood everywhere. There are a lot of firewood piled up in two yards. The firewood is extremely dry. They have been piled together for a long time, and if you are not careful, it will catch fire. Once the firewood burns, no matter how you save it, you can’t save it. Fortunately, my family is relatively poor and I haven’t burned anything valuable... Your Majesty, I have something to say, the firewood piled up too much Too much is very dangerous. Once the firewood piled up in the entire Chang'an City is ignited, I am afraid that Chang'an City will become a sea of ​​flames... For the safety of Chang'an City, I implore Your Majesty to issue an order to regulate the firewood in each mansion. The firewood should not exceed five hundred catties!"

Li Er frowned.

The ministers looked at each other.

However, everyone believed that Cheng Yaojin was telling the truth.

Every winter, the big families in Chang'an City have to hoard a lot of firewood.

These firewood piled up together, it is indeed easy to catch fire.

But Cheng Yaojin actually said that it is dangerous to pile firewood together, and suggested that the court order that each family should not exceed the amount of firewood, which puzzled everyone.

Wang Gui curled his lips and said, "General Cheng, there are so many mansions in Chang'an City, but yours is the only one that caught fire. nonsense."

Cheng Yaojin said seriously: "Master Wang, you have to believe me, it is really dangerous to pile up too much firewood, especially in your mansion, there are many valuable things, if there is a fire one day, all of them will be burned for you." No more, let's see how you cry..."

Wang Gui flicked his sleeves angrily: "Cheng Zhijie, don't curse me."

Cheng Yaojin: "Hey..."

Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, I think that General Cheng is making alarmist remarks..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by an eunuch who hurried in.

The eunuch rushed in and said out of breath, "Your Majesty, the East Palace is on fire..."

what?

Another fire?

Li Er was dumbfounded.

The crowd was stunned.

In this morning's effort, firstly, Duke Lu's mansion caught fire, and Cheng Yaojin was burned into a black guy, and then the East Palace was disappointed again?

Changsun Wuji and the others looked bewildered.

Misfortunes never come singly!

Li Er roared: "The East Palace is the imperial palace, and there is going to be a fire. Immediately send the imperial army to participate in the fire. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple should immediately investigate the cause of the fire."

Li Daozong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Wei Ting, Minister of Dali Temple, both agreed and hurried out.

After half an hour.

Li Daozong and Wei Ting returned to Tai Chi Hall.

Li Er asked anxiously: "You two Qings, is the fire in the East Palace extinguished?"

Li Daozong stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the fire in the East Palace has been extinguished. Fortunately, the fire was discovered early. His Highness the Crown Prince took the lead and took the people to put out the fire himself, and the fire was quickly extinguished... Only a few people were burned. room...no one was hurt."

Li Er breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Have you found out the cause of the fire?"

Dali Temple Minister Wei Ting stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the cause of the fire has been verified. It was because there were too many firewood piled up in the warehouse of the Eastern Palace. The firewood was too dense, and it took a long time to ignite spontaneously."

Firewood again?

Wang Gui, Changsun Wuji and others were dumbfounded.

Cheng Yaojin chuckled: "I've said it before, too much firewood is not a good thing..."

If there is something strange about the fire in Lu Guogong's mansion, everyone still believes it.

But now even the East Palace is on fire due to the accumulation of firewood, which is a bit scary.

The people present are all big families.

Everyone has piled up a lot of firewood at home.

If there are too many firewood piles, there is danger...

For a while, many people wished that the Great Court would end quickly so that they could go back and have someone clean it up.

But Li Er did not announce his withdrawal from the court.

He was lost in thought.

After a long while, Li Er raised his head and said, "My dear friends, what happened today seems to be a coincidence, but it reminded me. Do you still remember the fire in the west of Chang'an city eight years ago?"

Changsun Wuji was surprised and said, "Your Majesty said it was about the fire during Wude's reign?"

Li Er nodded.

I only heard Changsun Wuji say: "It was the winter moon. A family in the west of the city piled up a lot of dry firewood in the backyard. Next to the firewood was the stove. When cooking, I accidentally ignited the firewood, and the fire started. The fire burned quickly. It spread to the surrounding houses, neighbors, and the Wuhous of Chang'an City all mobilized, and everyone in the Jingzhao Mansion went to fight the fire, but in the end, two workshops were burned down, and more than 20 people died in the flames..."

Originally, this incident has been forgotten for many years.

Now, Changsun Wuji mentioned it again.

For a time, many people seemed to have returned to that time.

That fire was really terrible.

The reason is that it is caused by the accumulation of firewood.

In the current Chang'an City, the buildings are all made of wood. Once a fire breaks out, it will spread quickly and become uncontrollable.