eurekapd Chapter 412: A Fire in the Backyard
Chapter 412: A Fire in the Backyard
"First, tell me how you escaped from death. No, tell me how you fell into the net first." Zhou Chang accepted the fact and had a lot of questions to ask.
When I thought that I could catch this thing by accidentally pulling the hammock, I felt a sense of accomplishment.
But this unexpected change was quite big. No one would have thought that the thief was actually Ma Feihu, whom he had met once in the Tianlao of the Ministry of Justice, a death row prisoner who should have been beheaded last autumn.
Even Ma Feihu's appearance has not changed much. His hair is neatly combed and his face is much cleaner. When he opens his eyes, he is still "Zhang Fei".
Ma Feihu has a square face with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was fine when answering the first questions, but when he heard the second question, he rolled his eyes, had a very gloomy expression, and closed his mouth.
"Why? First tell me how you got caught in my...hammock, not my fishing net?" Zhou Chang felt very happy whenever he thought of the scene just now.
Ma Feihu didn't intend to say anything except rolling his eyes.
Zhou Chang was just thinking about how to pry open his mouth when someone came running in from the back door and shouted, "My Lord, this is bad, my Lord..."
"What happened again?" Zhou Chang had just calmed down a little, wondering what had happened next.
A palace soldier rushed in from the back and knelt on one knee to report: "It's bad, Your Majesty, the fire is fierce, and Aunt Jing is trapped in the main room of the back hall and can't get out. Mr. Zhong asked me to report that he is trying to find a way to put out the fire."
"What?" Zhou Chang jumped up from his chair and ran back.
Just now, Aunt Jing shouted to put out the fire, but she hasn't seen her since.
"Your Highness..." The skinny monkey hurriedly followed.
"Gao Yuan, you keep a close eye on this man here, and find a way to pry his mouth open. I will come back soon and want to know who assigned him." Zhou Chang did not forget to give the instructions even though he was already several feet away.
I didn't hear Gao Yuan's answer, but I definitely heard it.
Zhou Chang ran to the back hall in one breath. The main door of the back hall, which had been locked for many years, was already wide open.
The soldiers on both sides formed two teams and passed the message to each other to fetch water from the well inside and outside the courtyard to put out the fire.
However, the three houses in the yard were already engulfed in flames. Even though everyone kept pouring water to put out the fire, the fire was still getting bigger and bigger.
Yuan Qi and a few others were standing in the yard, looking anxiously and staring at the direction of the inner room.
Zhou Chang's heart sank as Prince Yi's consciousness took over.
Mother Wang saw Zhou Chang first and said in a loud and urgent voice: "Prince, what can we do? Aunt Jing is still in there, the fire is getting more and more intense, and no one can get in..."
Yuan Qi turned around and led his men over: "Yes, we tried to send people in a few times just now, but we couldn't because the fire was too big."
"What was she doing in there? Why didn't you stop her?" Prince Yi's voice trembled uncontrollably, and Zhou Chang regretted it too late.
I didn't expect the fire to suddenly get bigger, nor did I expect Aunt Jing to rush into the fire so recklessly.
"Why didn't you stop her?" Mother Wang's voice buzzed in the scorching air. "No matter who tried to stop her, it was useless. She insisted that there was something important inside and she had to take it out. There were so many of us watching, and if no one stopped her, Aunt Jing would have rushed in. It would have been too late to stop her."
"What important thing?" asked Prince Yi.
Zhou Chang also knew that when Concubine Lan died, she did not leave behind any valuables.
However, it can be said that Aunt Jing has spent her entire life serving Prince Yi's biological mother, Concubine Lan, and Prince Yi Fengming. She can almost be said to be the one who raised Prince Yi since he was a child. She is half of Prince Yi's mother, even no different from his biological mother.
What important things could she have taken by forcing her way in? It could only be the tablet of Concubine Lan, or something memorable from her lifetime.
Thinking of this, my heart felt like it was being hit hard by a heavy hammer, feeling heavy and painful.
Zhou Chang felt deeply guilty.
What did she just do?
Why do you want to be so clever and only think about catching thieves?
If something happened to Aunt Jing, how would she explain to Prince Yi and how would she explain to herself?
These days, even though Aunt Jing didn't know that a new person had replaced Prince Yi's body, she did enjoy the meticulous care of a mother.
"Bring a wet quilt..." Zhou Chang was still blaming himself, but Prince Yi had already given the order.
Zhou Chang immediately understood what Prince Yi was going to do, and his heart felt torn.
"We already have the quilt, but the fire is too big and it's hard to rush in." Mother Wang turned around and pointed at the wet quilt thrown aside.
Prince Yi rushed forward, grabbed a bucket of water that had just been drawn from the well, poured half of it on himself and the other half on the quilt.
"What is the prince going to do?" Yuan Qi exclaimed.
"Your Highness, you can't do that..." The skinny monkey stepped forward to stop him.
"Your Highness, you can't do that." Mother Wang shouted.
The people behind him also gathered around.
Zhou Chang was afraid, but he knew it was imperative, so he gathered his strength.
"Get out of the way..." Prince Yi turned a deaf ear, stretched out the quilt and covered himself with it, kicked the skinny monkey away, and rushed straight into the main hall.
Zhou Chang didn't know where he got the courage from, he endured the heat wave and suddenly became fearless.
Just as he ran up the stairs, he was pulled down from behind with great force and fell to the ground.
Before he could react, the skinny monkey had already pulled the quilt over and grinned: "If you want to go, it should be your servant. Your Majesty will come later..."
"No..." As soon as Prince Yi said "no", the skinny monkey rushed into the sea of fire.
Prince Yi was helped up by everyone and was about to rush up the stairs, but was stopped by everyone.
Yuan Qi's voice was more panicked than ever before, and he desperately grabbed Prince Yi Fengming's sleeve with both hands: "Your Highness, you must not do this, you must not do this..."
Prince Yi said nothing, but struggled desperately to break free and rushed in.
"Hurry, your clothes are wet too, go in and help." As soon as Yuan Qi finished speaking, the two servants following her did not hesitate and ran to the well. Immediately someone came up and poured water on them.
The two of them picked up two buckets of water and rushed into the sea of fire.
The more Prince Yi was pulled back, the more he was determined to move forward.
Zhou Chang also wanted to rush into the fire to save people.
Prince Yi cannot be lost, and neither can she. No one can be lost, not even Aunt Jing or Skinny Monkey.
When everyone saw Prince Yi doing this, they became more motivated and rushed forward to suppress the fire.
Some people took off their clothes, dipped them in water, and threw them toward the flames. Others, not afraid of getting burned, went up to clear the collapsed doorframes to make way for those who were about to come out.
At this time, Zhong Yuye brought people back.
I don't know where they got two trucks of sand from, and they were out of breath: "Quick, quick... throw sand on the fire..."
Before he could finish his words, he collapsed to the ground.
Mother Wang hurried over to help.
Then soldiers came and pushed the sand cart in, using all kinds of tools to throw sand on the fire to suppress the flames.