Chapter 23 Fan Ruoruo: The Third Young Master remained calm in the face of danger, commanded with confidence, and had the demeanor of a great general
A deserted street
Li Chengze was dressed in light brocade clothes, sitting at a wooden table, eating wontons one by one with a spoon.
A few steps away, Xie Bian waved his hand, and a man dressed as a thug left. He turned around and walked to Li Chengze, "Your Highness, our people and the people of Earl Yongchang have already taken action."
Li Chengze continued to eat wontons without being disturbed. "What's the result?"
Xie Bian frowned, "Yongchang Earl's assassin was pierced through the chest by Ye Zheng's scabbard, and he bit himself with poison; our people passed it on and ran away."
"Just two hands?" Li Chengze paused the porcelain spoon in his hand for just a moment and asked.
"He said that if Ye Zheng hadn't been cautious, he wouldn't have been able to get through with one hand. Ye Zheng caught his flying knife with his bare hands." The more Xie Bian spoke, the more serious his expression became, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
"So powerful?" Li Chengze finally raised his eyes and asked him, "How would you win against him?"
Xie Bian stood with a sword in hand, his brows solemn, "We'll have to fight to know the outcome."
"What about Fan Wujiu?" Li Chengze asked.
"For this kind of martial artist, it doesn't matter whether there are more or fewer people. They have extraordinary endurance and terrifying strength. When they attack, mountains collapse and rocks crack. If you can stop them in the first move, you may win. On the contrary, if you let them seize the initiative, I'm afraid their attacks will be endless and difficult to resist."
When Xie Bian said this, he was already admitting that his chances of winning were not high.
"He is only fifteen."
No matter when, no matter who you are, no matter how many times you hear Ye Zheng's strength being described, you will always sigh like this.
"In that case, are you just going to give the opportunity to the prince?" Xie Bian asked with a smile.
In fact, he certainly knew that this was the eldest princess's request, and asking this question would only change the subject.
"Then what should we do? Aunt said she would give our prince a little sweetness to make him trust her more and win over the Ye family boy. So let's give it to him." Li Chengze sucked the last wonton into his mouth, stood up, glanced at Xie Bian, and said vaguely, "Right now, I have a better candidate."
"Well, give people money."
……
Temple of Heaven, temple fair
"Ginger and fermented soybeans~"
"Milk cake pouring ~"
"Clear Snail Soup, Spicy Vegetarian Vermicelli Soup~"
"... "
"This thumbtack is nice, the size is right and the workmanship is exquisite." Cui Yan said to Liu Ruyu while holding a white copper thumbtack.
"I'll buy it for my sister." Liu Ruyu's brows were full of joy and happiness. With a glance, the maid behind her took out a purse.
Today, when officials and their wives in Kyoto met her, they all called her "Mrs. Fan", which made her vent all the anger she had been feeling for many years.
Cui Yan knew that she was in a good mood, so he didn't argue with her. "In that case, thank you very much, sister."
"Sister Yan, you are not being too polite." Liu Ruyu glanced around as she spoke, "I wonder where Ling'er and Ruoruo are..."
"Go away!"
"The water is flowing~"
"Walk…"
"Go, uh, the master is in trouble."
Coincidentally, after reporting the assassination to Kyoto Prefecture and handing Wu Xi over to Kyoto Prefecture, Fang went eastward along Tianhe Avenue. Not far away, he met the stoker from Xingshanfang who shouted loudly, warning pedestrians to disperse.
Ye Zheng immediately took the cart from Yu Sanhe and the others and shouted, "Disperse the pedestrians and clear the road."
"Go away, go out!"
"Get out of the way, the water dragon is coming!"
"... "
With Ye Zheng's strength, the weight of the cart and the water dragon was nothing. He controlled it very steadily and moved forward at a fast speed, so Yu Sanhe and others needed to clear the road ahead quickly.
Among those who came to the temple fair today, there are ordinary people as well as high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
When ordinary people saw the fire patrol officers in their official uniforms, they would move away from them.
However, some people could not stand the shouting of Sanhe and others, thinking that it ruined their mood for the temple fair.
"How dare the stoker be so arrogant and rude?"
"My uncle is the Censor-in-Chief, and he will definitely investigate you all!"
"How dare they shout so loudly?"
"There is a fire here, and there are firemen from Xingshanfang to put it out. Which firemen are you from?" "..."
Even though he cursed and swore, he still gave in, just slowly.
"Putting out a fire is like killing a thief. Putting out a fire is like saving lives. I am Ye Zheng, the commander of the fire patrol. Please get out of the way!"
Ye Zheng shouted this, and Yu Sanhe and others repeated it several times, and the unnecessary noise immediately became much smaller.
After walking for a while, Yaoyao could feel the waves of fire coming towards him.
Looking from afar, it was indeed 'the sky was red'.
The fire was raging, and the connected shops provided a constant supply of combustible materials.
"Where is the commander-in-chief? Why don't you separate the fire?" Ye Zheng looked around and found that only three people were using pumps to fetch water to put out the fire. The nearest sea (a large water tank) was at least thirty steps away. Wouldn't it be a drop in the bucket for these three pumps to fetch water?
This is not a big deal. Since the shop is on fire, just drag the shops on both sides away to prevent the fire from spreading.
"Sir, I'm here. The shop owner cares about the goods and doesn't want them to be wasted." A few steps away, a man holding his arms with two hands shouted helplessly.
"Why aren't you wearing your official uniform?" Ye Zheng shouted angrily, kneeling slightly, stretching out his hands to move the water dragon filled with hundreds of kilograms of water, while shouting to Sanhe and the others, "Hurry up and use the fire hooks to hook open the shops on the left and right!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Yu Sanhe and his men were not the head shopkeepers or firemen of Xingshanfang. They were dressed in official uniforms and looked very aggressive when facing these shop owners and vendors.
"My lord, my lord, I live on these fruits."
"Please be merciful and wait for me to take the jade ring and ribbon. This was woven by my mother stitch by stitch, sir."
"... "
The stoker was also an ordinary citizen, so he was very aggressive. However, when he heard these words, he immediately became hesitant.
"You dare not obey orders? Isolate the fire quickly!" Ye Zheng had already taken down the water dragon and shouted again.
At this critical moment, it would be a waste of time to communicate with those shop owners and vendors. He needs these subordinates to carry out his arrangements effectively. Everything else can be dealt with after the fire is put out.
Upon hearing this, Yu Sanhe and his companions immediately broke away from the obstruction of the shop owners and vendors, and skillfully knocked over the shops where the fire had spread further, pushed the burning goods into the fire, and quickly separated the non-burning goods. The water that was sprayed on the ground by the three people from Xingshanfang's pumps rolled around, and all the fruits, jade rings, ribbons, collars, shoes and socks were stained with mud.
"The head of Xingshanfang and the firemen, drive away these shop owners and vendors. Yu Sanhe, you and I will operate the water hose." Ye Zheng held one section of the horizontal bar, and the four firemen inserted a thick wooden board into the two holes at one end. Each of the four held one end of the thick wooden board. Yu Sanhe picked up the water hose, and another person held the water hose with him.
"One, two!"
"One, two!"
As Ye Zheng and the four others pressed back and forth, the water in the faucet tank rushed into the water hose rapidly under the action of the piston pump, instantly making the water hose round!
"The water is coming out! The water is coming out!"
"What is this? I have never seen it before?"
"What a huge flood! Such a powerful force!"
"... "
A group of people gathered in the distance, talking at once.
In the crowd, there were two young women who held their breath and looked nervously at the young fire patrol commander in front of the fire.
The fireman who was fetching water only made three trips back and forth and the fire was completely out.
"it is good!"
"It's really a fire-saving magic item!"
"What is this thing called?"
"A rainbow has appeared! A rainbow has appeared!"
"... "
In just a few moments, the fire was put out and everyone was amazed.
Ye Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, my brother’s hard work these days has not been in vain.
She turned her head to look at Fan Ruoruo who was standing beside her. The latter was smiling with a slightly blushing face and exhaling slowly through her cherry lips.
"How is it? Isn't my Zhuangzhuang awesome?" she asked with a smile.
Fan Ruoruo fluttered her slender and thick eyelashes, and cast her eyes on the young man standing like a delicate orchid and smiling like the bright moon in one's arms under the rainbow in the distance. Her cheeks blushed, but she was not timid. She said in a coquettish voice, "The Third Young Master is calm in the face of danger, remains calm in the face of change, and commands with confidence. He has the demeanor of a great general."
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