Chapter 1053 Fire Dragon

The entire Golden Port fell into chaos.

The people from the Water Dragon Bureau hurried to the dock, but the raging fire stretched for several miles, and the piled wood and docked warships on the entire dock were swallowed up by the fire. They had no way to start.

The people of Jinggang were alarmed and came to the cliff at the end of the town in panic to look at the seaside.

Such a fire was something they had never seen in their lives, and even the sky was reflected in red.

The connected warships were burning, the sea wind was roaring, and the sea surface was burning for unknown reasons, as if a giant dragon was burning, with thick smoke billowing and covering the clouds and the sun.

Some of the people were worried, some wiped away tears, and some knelt down and kowtowed to gods and Buddhas, asking Bodhisattvas to protect the people in their golden port and be safe, and asking God to stop punishing them.

"The warship must have been dismantled. God didn't agree."

The old man was angrily swinging his walking stick.

Another person said: "We don't care about our warships, so God is taking back the warships. They won't be used by us Zhou people."

"This is how to do!"

A woman burst into tears.

The local magistrate used paper and pen to report to the Holy One with trembling hands. The warship caught fire for no reason, and the entire dock was engulfed in flames. Perhaps it was a warning from God...

The magistrate didn't want to be labeled as a bad official, but he seemed to have forgotten that what he cared about today was destiny. God warned him and burned the warship he wanted to build the imperial mausoleum. Could it be that God was dissatisfied with him as the emperor?

The magistrate couldn't think about these things for a while.

No one noticed that after the continuous fire and thick smoke, more than thirty large and small warships slowly left the dock and headed southeast at full speed.

No one even noticed that a little donkey, carrying an old man with an immortal spirit, left Jingang at night and headed towards the capital.

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

At the Huichuan County Yamen, Li Qitian was being dressed by Xiong Jinshui when he heard someone outside shouting urgently, "There is an urgent report from Jingang!"

Li Qitian frowned,

He casually ordered, "Stay away." and strode to the front hall.

I saw a man in smart clothes standing in the middle of the ground with a worried face, it was spy Jumong.

"What's the matter?" Li Qitian lifted his robe and sat down gracefully.

Ju Mong presented the memorial and the secret report in his hand, bowed his head and stepped aside cautiously.

As soon as Li Qitian saw Zhu Meng's cautious look, he knew something must have happened in Jinggang.

He first opened the secret report sent by the spy, glanced at it, and his expression changed drastically. Then he opened the report sent by Jingang Magistrate, and his face turned livid, and he slapped the table hard.

"What kind of warning is coming from the sky! Whose warning is this? Those rubbish are all freeloaders! I asked them to dismantle a few ships, but the entire dock was burned down by me. What use do I have for these rubbish!"

The Holy One was so furious that Xiong Jinshui and the palace people all knelt down in panic.

From a few words, Xiong Jinshui felt that something was wrong when he heard that Jinggang was flooded and the warships used by the emperor to build the imperial mausoleum were burned.

Li Qitian was already so angry that he was whirling all over the floor, breathing heavily.

"Trash, a bunch of rubbish, what use do I have for you bunch of rubbish!"

Walking to the table, he waved his hand and brushed off the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. The blue and white porcelain pen fell to pieces and shattered on the ground, and the water inside spilled all over the floor.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Everyone kowtowed together.

Li Qitian yelled: "Calm down? How can I calm down? I just want to build an imperial mausoleum. First I was greedy for ink several times, and then I shoddy the materials. I just bought the stones with money, and now all the wood has been burned. ! It’s said to be a warning from God. What have I done that warrants a warning from God?”

"I love the people like my son, and I work conscientiously every day without any slightest care. Even if God warns me, it tells me not to spare you mediocre people lightly!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Everyone kowtowed again.

Li Qitian was panting like an ox and gritted his teeth and said: "Check it out for me, check it out! How could a fire break out at the beach for no reason? There must be something fishy! If we can't find out the reason, unless it's a warning from God, I'm going to kill the entire dock. Those who come up will be buried with my wood!"

"Yes!" Zhu Meng accepted the order and quickly retreated.

Li Qitian immediately issued several more orders, asking people to investigate the situation in Jingang as soon as possible.

After waiting for an hour, someone came to ask how many warships were left.

When he heard that all the warships on the dock were burned to the ground, Li Qitian was so angry that he smashed the newly brought four treasures of the study.

Li Qitian did not avoid people when he was angry, so the guards outside the door vaguely heard the noise. Although they dare not spread rumors randomly, there is no guarantee that these voices will not be heard by others, such as Tang Xiu who is serving beside Pang Xiao.

Pang Xiao is currently recuperating in the backyard of the Yamen. After hearing the news from Tang Xiu, his slightly pale handsome face broke out into a smile for the first time in several days.

With such a big fuss, Sister Yi must have safely boarded the ship with the treasure.

No one would have thought that the treasure would be on the previous warship, carried by his beloved, far away from Li Qitian's search.

When Tang Xiu saw Pang Xiao smiling, he couldn't help but lower his voice and joked in a breathy voice: "It's a secret pleasure for the prince to have such a virtuous wife as the princess."

Pang Xiao raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "You have become braver. If the princess listens to these words, she will be reluctant to marry Jiyun to you if she looks back carefully."

Tang Xiu's young and delicate face suddenly turned red.

When Pang Xiao saw this, he couldn't help but smile with relief.

Everything went well, and his injury should gradually get better. It also avoids delays in what to do in the future.

Tang Xiu happened to hear these words. But the imperial guards did not dare to spread the news.

So it was already three or four days later when Lu Heng got the news of the accident in Jingang.

"Uncle, people on the street are saying that a huge dragon flew over Jinggang a few days ago. It first breathed fire and burned the warships, and then blew out a strong wind, making it impossible for people to get close to put out the fire. The fire dragon was lying on the sea Until daybreak and all the warships were burned to ashes, they flew into the clouds."

Lu Wenru was told by Lu Heng that he wanted to return to his side because he was used to being a close servant. After hearing the news outside, he hurriedly came to report.

When Lu Heng heard this, he put down the Xianshu in his hand in astonishment.

"Fire dragon?"

"Yes. It can breathe fire and blow wind. The people in Jinggang have spread the word that it is magical. I just heard it from people on the street."

"All the warships were destroyed?" Lu Heng frowned.

Lu Wenru nodded: "Yes, it is said that not a single ship is left, and even the dismantled wood placed on the shore was burned. Fortunately, there were no casualties among the people, and the fire on the dock was not affected. In the city, the fire has now been extinguished.”

Lu Heng shook his head, "Do you think the Holy One cares about whether there are casualties among the people? All he cares about is the burned wood."