The guards of the Xia family reacted extremely quickly, and stopped the attendants who were about to leave as soon as they heard the new order.

This time it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the attendants shouted one after another:

"Master Jun, can't you do this...... The slave and the maid have always kept to themselves in the palace and have never done anything bad, you can do it, let me go out! ”

"Yes, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart: there is something to eat in the palace, if it weren't for the chaos like this now, how could the slaves and maids run out? A lot of palace people have died in the past few days, and we can't help it, we want to find a way to live outside......"

"Master Jun, our family is of grade, not a suspicious person. These little rabbit cubs are working under our hands, they are all honest people, you just raise your noble hand, don't embarrass us, please. ”

These people begged each other with a single word, but the guards of the Xia family didn't pay attention to this set - when a steel knife was placed on the neck of the chief attendant, the world was finally quiet.

"I told you to stay, and I just stayed. No matter how noisy it is, Hugh blames the knife in his grandfather's hand for not recognizing people! ”

The attendants who fell silent behaved differently. Except for the few people in front of him who still had the same expression, the others had obvious panic, and some even almost fell down when their legs were weak, thanks to the partner next to him who supported him.

As for Chen Zhongwen - although he tried his best to behave as usual, the panic in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

Xiao Jing sighed.

On a chaotic and treacherous night, Chen Zhongwen, who had changed into the clothes of an inner servant, was with a group of palace people who wanted to escape, and the family happened to issue an order to leave the internal officials for screening at this time......

Things are very strange, but Xiao Jing already has a guess in his heart.

On the other side, the attendants began to plead again.

Xiao Jing's guards have only one duty, and that is to protect his safety; So, although they stopped these people, they did not take them anywhere else.

In other words, if these chamberlains knew what could quietly leave the passage of the palace, then they still had a chance to escape.

As time passed, the anxious to leave became more and more agitated.

Xiao Jing noticed a few "leaders" among those people - in the long confrontation, their emotions did not fluctuate significantly, but at the same time, an invisible and intangible momentum gradually spread on the scene, making people a little frightened for no reason.

Is that...... Murderous?

Xiao Jing, a soldier who became a monk halfway, noticed something unusual, let alone his guards. They all secretly strengthened their guards, and many of them had their hands on the hilts of their swords.

From time to time, soldiers walked by in the distance, and sometimes they were accompanied by weeping chamberlains and palace maids. It seems that it is getting harder and harder to get out of here.

The attendant who took the lead had unconsciously lowered his body slightly—this could be interpreted as submission and cringe, but it could also be a preparatory action before the storm!

"What are you doing?"

Just when several guards were ready to strike first, Xiao Jing slowly walked to the middle of the two sides and patted the hand of one of the guards holding the knife.

"Uncle, these people are sneaky, I'm afraid it's not that simple. Please get out of the way, and I may be able to find out what is going on while I take a closer look. ”

Xiao Jing glanced at the attendants and shook his head.

"It's been a lot of chaos these days, but there's no need to be suspicious." He smiled and said, "There are people I know in these square kilometers, and I used to meet often. Seeing that the people behind him are all young, they should all be the people below him...... Let them go. ”

The guard looked at the crowd, obviously embarrassed: "But ......"

Xiao Jing patted him on the back and said gently, "It's nothing." We are not here to intercept the wandering palace people, and we can't delay our business because of this...... Instructions will come from home soon, so don't make any extraneous problems at this time.

Besides, now that there are people everywhere, where can people run to? After they leave here, someone will take them to the centralized screening, and we don't care about this idle matter. ”

The guards were still a little hesitant, but he couldn't help but listen to his uncle's words, so he could only get: "Obey!" ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and dozens of guards flashed a path on both sides.

Xiao Jing smiled as he watched a group of palace people carrying large bags and small bags walking out with a thousand thanks, and saw figures flashing in front of his eyes.

The time that Chen Zhongwen walked in front of Xiao Jing was probably as short as a breath.

However, even though he tried to keep his head down, he still gave Xiao Jing a deep look at that moment.

If Chen Zhongwen's eyes were more angry and fearful than happy before, then at this moment, his eyes conveyed more emotion.

Like, gratitude.

Looking at his footsteps in the distance, Xiao Jing's heart was sour:

My brother, I can only help you this far!

Things turned out to be as Xiao Jing had expected. It wasn't long before someone came and took him to the next location.

After that, he finally stood in front of the burning palace.

As he had predicted, this was the only palace that was on fire nearby. All the flammable materials around were cleared, and there were also water dragons on standby, but no one had any intention of going up to put out the fire.

There was a general who commanded the soldiers to besiege the main hall standing not far away, but Xiao Jing didn't know him. Fortunately, there was another acquaintance on the side - Cao Zhengyu, the second lang of the Cao family, saw Xiao Jing coming and said hello with a smile.

Although it is not as powerful as the Xia family, the Cao family is also a number of nobles in Da Rui.

"Brother Xiao is here?" Cao Zhengyu said hello and turned his gaze to the fire, and his very complicated smile was very playful: "I thought that the fewer people involved in this matter, the better, but I didn't expect the Xia family to send you to see and understand...... Ay. ”

"Brother Cao, dare to ask what happened here?" Xiao Jing bowed and said the doubts in his heart in a very flat tone.

Cao Zhengyu sighed faintly and said, "It turns out that my brother doesn't know yet, I thought someone told you...... cough, the brother said bluntly, there is a noble man in this fire......"

Xiao Jing's body shook violently.

Cao Zhengyu glanced at him and said, "This fire has been burning for half an hour, and even if the people inside don't turn into coke, they will never be lucky." Oh yes, there is also an old palace man and that noble man is together, so the two of them set foot on Huangquan Road together, but they are not lonely. ”

Xiao Jing nodded lightly and quietly looked away.

As if to alleviate the guilt in his heart, Cao Zhengyu was still muttering to himself: "Twenty years ago, there was a fire here that burned people to death. Twenty years later, someone else is dying here, and ...... in the same way."

"Oh, it's really a trick......"