Chapter 273 Chapter 272(2/2)
Eunuchs with high status served in various eunuchs, or served in front of the emperor or the empress in the harem.
As for Chen Ju, the imperial chamberlain, they naturally knew that they had to be obedient, and they would crush them in all directions.
As for those people from Zhongshushe, Chen Ju had nothing to say. Fortunately, Wei Guangde stood up at this time and bowed to them one by one: "My lords, Wei Guangde, when this happens, It looks like the fire will follow the corridor to here, so please help me find tools, we need to dismantle the corridor leading to here from the left door."
The Zhongshushe people in the Ming Dynasty cabinet were all seventh-rank officials. They were not high-ranking officials but had long-term dealings with cabinet elders. Wei Guangde did not dare to use his mere seventh-rank official authority to scare others, so he could only explain what he meant and ask them to assist.
"That makes sense."
After Wei Guangde finished speaking, someone nodded in agreement.
"It seems that there are tools stored by craftsmen in the compartment for repairing the palace. Let's go over there and take a look."
While they arranged for people to go out from the left door to observe the fire, they also looked for tools from around to demolish the corridor.
The corridors of the Forbidden City have bases made of huge stones, with columns erected on top, and roofs covered with tiles. It is easy to dismantle them, but it can be troublesome to dismantle them, depending on whether you have the tools.
More than a dozen people took turns using an ax they found to chop down one of the pillars, but with little effect. Finally, a saw was used to cut off the roof beam between the two pillars, leaving about ten meters of space.
Wei Guangde organized people to move away the fallen wood, leaving the tiles alone. As long as the wood was moved away, there would be no material to ignite the fire, and naturally it would not continue to spread.
However, because he was worried, he also had the two sections of corridors at the back cut off and the fallen roof beams removed, and then he felt more at ease.
At this time, the waiter who was inquiring about the news at Zuoshunmen also ran back and shouted, "It's not good, it's burned."
When he got closer, Chen Ju almost slapped him, "What are you yelling about? Help pull the wood, hurry up."
At this moment, a group of servants were busy dragging away the fallen wood. Only Chen Ju, Wei Guangde, and a few people from Zhongshushe stood aside and watched them move the wood, pointing and saying What are you wearing?
Not long after, the pungent smell of smoke came over me.
There was actually a faint smell of smoke before, but now the smell was stronger, and the shouts for firemen were coming from far away.
"Will the Meridian Gate burn?"
A middle school secretary suddenly spoke.
This fire was really capable of burning. It burned through the Fengtian Gate and headed straight for the Meridian Gate. Unexpectedly, the Zuoshun Gate not far away was already on fire. The acrid smell of smoke came from there.
Soon, the flames burned along the corridor. However, three sections of the corridor had been demolished. The wood in the first two sections had been removed. Only the wood in the last section of the corridor was still being cleaned. It should have been burned. But come.
"It can't be burned."
Wei Guangde shook his head and said that he had already thought clearly that the corridor was not connected to the Meridian Gate, so that was basically it.
He just didn't know what was going on inside the Youshun Gate. He had never been there, so he said, "Nothing will happen at the Meridian Gate. It just depends on what's going on inside the Youshun Gate."
"That's Section 6 over there. There are no corridors, so nothing will happen."
Someone from Zhongshushe replied.
Chapter completed!