"It's water, it's water." One shouted. After that, I heard a lot of people shouting, "Go to the water, go to the water." ”

This "fragrant house" was originally quiet, and there was no one in sight. At this shout, all the maids and maids ran out, and each of them was very panicked, looked around, and asked, "Where is the water?" Where to walk the water? ”

Xiuhong also stopped and looked around. Chen Qiuniang also looked around, and after a while, she saw thick smoke billowing from another courtyard across the low wall of the "Xiangju", and the fire was actually stronger than the strong sunlight. Looking at the area where the fire started, it was not one or two rooms, it should be a few rooms that were burning, at least five or six.

"Ah, that's the old lady's residence." Xiuhong's voice suddenly panicked, and loudly reprimanded those maids and sons-in-law: "Go and put out the fire, the son is over there." If the son has any three strengths and two weaknesses, all of you should be sold to the army in the north to make human meat buns. ”

Xiuhong's voice was already gloomy and cold later. She was worried and scared day and night, and at this moment she was all used to intimidate those who were lower than her.

When those maids and wives heard this, they were so frightened that they shrank and trembled, and they rushed out of the "Xiangju" to put out the fire with their utensils.

Alas, this is human nature. Unfortunate people tend to bully more unfortunate people.

"The backyard is running again." At this moment, someone shouted in a long voice.

Chen Qiuniang looked up, and sure enough, she saw smoke rising from another courtyard. Xiuhong looked at the smoke rising from that place, and was stunned for a moment, and said to herself: "Why is the fire so big?" ”

There is more than one fire of this magnitude. With your toes, you can figure out that it is definitely not "dry and dry", who accidentally caused it. Eighty percent of them were deliberately put by someone. To be honest, such a chaotic moment is a good opportunity to escape.

Well, to escape, first of all, you have to get this Xiuhong away. Chen Qiuniang was thinking about how to get her away. I saw Xiuhong rushing out of the eaves of the corridor with an arrow step, grabbing a little guy who hurriedly came back to get the utensils and asked, "Old Batou, what's the matter?" ”

"Oh, Sister Xiuhong. It is estimated that it is spring, the weather is dry, and I don't know which bastard who is not long-eyed accidentally caused a fire. Now there is not enough water, and we are afraid that there will not be enough water in this pond. Now the steward has ordered someone to go to the river outside the door to fetch water. The little servant replied as he grabbed the bucket in the courtyard and ran out.

"What about Childe? What about the old lady? Xiuhong ran up with her skirt and grabbed the little guy.

The little guy ran and said, "I didn't see the child." The old lady moved out. Sister Xiuhong, I'll go fetch water first. ”

Xiuhong probably heard the little guy reply, "I didn't see the child", and staggered. Chen Qiuniang had listened to her conversation with Nian Nu'er, and she knew her fear of losing Zhu Wenkang's favor. Therefore, if Zhu Wenkang's safety is used to disturb her, she will definitely be transferred.

Chen Qiuniang suddenly had a feeling of "God helps me". The people around them can be transferred lightly, such a chaotic scene is a good time to escape, not to mention that they have to open the gate to go outside to draw water to fight the fire, which is simply unimpeded.

So, she said worriedly: "Sister Xiuhong, the son went to the old lady, and the water was also there, and the man just now said that he didn't see the son." You say, you say, our son, will it be dangerous? Do you want to check it out? ”

Chen Qiuniang's acting talent is still quite good, she trembled and said that later, her body was trembling.

When Xiuhong heard this, she said "oops", and while muttering to herself, "You're right, I have to go and see", she ran out of the yard with her skirt. After running two steps, he turned his face again, and said to Chen Qiuniang viciously: "You stay here obediently, don't go to the study without permission, Gongzi's study has countless antiques, if you want to break one, you can't afford to pay for it." ”

"Well, I'll wait here for you and Childe to come back." Chen Qiuniang replied very obediently.

Xiuhong ran out of the yard with a smoke, and all the little maids and maids in the yard went out to fight the fire, which can be said to be empty, and occasionally a few little maids ran in to get firefighting equipment, or directly from the fish pond to draw water.

If you don't leave now, when will you stay? Chen Qiuniang immediately took a small water scoop, and ran out in the group of maids. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw that Zhu Wenkang strode back, followed by Xiuhong, and the two of them were under the eaves of the opposite corridor one after the other, and they were hurriedly walking this way.

At this moment, going out and running away is bound to be discovered, and it is estimated that you will not be able to walk much if you go back. Chen Qiuniang sighed in her heart, and was thinking about what to do, when she heard a small guy shouting behind her: "The child's study is smoking, is it also going to water?" ”

When Chen Qiuniang saw it, she immediately pushed him and said, "It's just going to go to the water, don't hurry up and call someone to put out the fire." ”

The little guy opened his throat in a panic and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, Childe's study is out of water, Childe's study is out of water." ”

A group of small maids rushed in in a hurry, and Chen Qiuniang took advantage of the chaos to hide behind the rockery. When Xiuhong and Zhu Gongzi heard that the study was in the water, they probably felt sorry for those antique treasures, and they didn't care about paying attention to Chen Qiuniang, so they hurried to the study.

Chen Qiuniang exhaled a sigh of relief, feeling that this fire had come too timely. She blended in with the crowd fighting the fire and swaggered out of the Zhu Mansion through the gate.

As soon as she got out of Zhu's mansion, she quickly turned into the bustling crowd, only to find that she was in a cold sweat, and when the spring breeze blew, it was cold to the bone.

This is really thrilling, if it weren't for this fire, I was afraid that my life would be rewritten. Chen Qiuniang exhaled, patted her chest, calmed down, and walked quickly to the archway at the entrance of the town, estimating that Ma Si should return. As long as you get on the carriage of Ma Si, you will be safe for the time being. At least Zhu Wenkang's bastard doesn't know where she lives for the time being. Even after a while, that bastard still has the heart to look for her, even if she does, as long as she is not in the Zhu family, she will not be so helpless.

Thinking of this, Chen Qiuniang quickened her pace. Unexpectedly, after walking for a short while, a person jumped out of the alley next to her to block her way, so frightened that she jumped back, and when she looked closely, she realized that it was the northland boy from before.

"I'll go, you suddenly burst out and scared me to death." Chen Qiuniang patted her chest.

He didn't say a word, stepped forward, grabbed her hand, whispered "follow me", and pulled Chen Qiuniang into a small alley without saying anything, and ran all the way. On both sides are high blue-gray walls, crawling with moss, and the cool wind shuttles through the alleys, and the narrow alleys divide the sunlight and the blue sky into bright thin lines, like a hula flashing and never going back.

For a moment, Chen Qiuniang had the illusion that this was the twilight of spring in the year when she first met Dai Yuanqing, running in the narrow alleys of the sunny Jiangnan town. At that time, I was carefree, and I felt that the future was shining, and happiness was not far ahead.

The boy dragged her through the narrow alley, and then turned a few more alleys that could only accommodate one person sideways. When he arrived at a big river behind the town, he stopped in front of a dilapidated mansion by the river and said to Chen Qiuniang, who was panting: "This house has been abandoned for many years, and it is a famous haunted house in the town, and it is often haunted. Everyone in the town knows it, so if no one comes here, you go in first and hide. ”

"Hide?" Chen Qiuniang asked in a low voice, looking at the young man's expression seriously.

"Ten miles and eight townships, the Zhu family is powerful." The young man lowered his gaze and his voice was very small, but Chen Qiuniang knew at once that this young man dared to follow her all along.

"You're following me?" She asked in a low voice.

"When you first arrived in town, you didn't know what the Zhu family was doing, and you didn't know your fiancé," he said with some crampedness.

"You're afraid I'm in danger?" Chen Qiuniang's sentence was not so much asking him, but talking to herself. At this moment, I don't know why, the heart that has not been making waves for many years is inexplicably moved.

"Hmm." He replied, his voice vaguely absent.

Chen Qiuniang didn't know what to say for a while, so the two were relatively speechless, standing in the warm sun.

"You, hide here first." After a while, he finally broke the silence and pointed to the house next to him.

Chen Qiuniang looked at the house at this time, the red lacquer door was hidden, the splendor on the door had long been mottled, half a plaque hung obliquely on the door, and only the word "house" was faintly visible its vague outline. I saw it from the gap in the hidden door, the pavilions and pavilions were not the architectural style of Shuzhong, but more like a house in the north.