296: Fire
"Third brother, what's wrong with you?" Nalan Jinxiu couldn't help shaking his arm when he saw that Ji Hongye didn't know what to think.
Ji Hongye pulled her hand down, put it in the palm of her hand and held it, and smiled gently: "It's nothing." ”
"By the way, Aunt Guanglan sent a post, saying that she wanted to invite me over for her birthday. Nalan Jinxiu suddenly thought of the invitation she received, which really gave her a headache.
Ji Hongye also frowned: "Didn't the Xue family say that day that they would let her go to the ancestral hall to worship the Buddha?"
"Yes, but I don't know what means Aunt Guanglan used, it is said that she was released from the ancestral hall in a few days. ”
"What about Xue Chang's wife?" Ji Hongye has a deep memory of Wu Yaning, it is the first time he has been deducted by a woman with such a hat, can you not remember it!
"Wu Yaning hasn't been released, the Xue family will always take care of you. ”
"Well, I will have less contact with them in the future. ”
"But she's looking for her grandmother. ”
"Then talk to your grandmother, let her settle down, and you can back up the gifts!"
Nalan Jinxiu shrugged her head, helpless: "You thought of this, Aunt Guanglan also thought of it." When she posted to her grandmother, she said that she wanted me to give her a birthday with this second grade, so that she could have a bright face, do you think I can't go now?"
Ji Hongye smiled and rubbed the top of her head: "It looks like it's not going to work." ”
Nalan Jinxiu pouted: "I don't want to go." ”
"Then you're pretending to be sick. ”
When he said this, Nalan Jinxiu was being pulled into the carriage by him, and his feet were so weak that he almost fell. Fortunately, Ji Hongye reacted quickly, reached out and hugged her waist, and pulled her back.
She entered the carriage, leaned on the couch, and said helplessly: "Aunt Guanglan's kung fu, you haven't learned it, I'm afraid that she will say that I am spoiled, and then affect your reputation." ”
Ji Hongye started to sort out the things in the compartment cabinet, she had recently stuffed a lot of things into his secret compartment, and he wanted to take down the ones that he couldn't use. After listening to her words, she didn't express her opinion, but said in a light tone: "My reputation is not earned overnight, you don't have to think about it so much, decide for yourself." ”
Nalan Jinxiu has already decided to go, and the third brother is now in a high position, and many relatives of the side branches want to cling to it. If she blindly does not interact with people, she will inevitably be slandered in the end, and then implicate the third brother.
She thought that she would go to a banquet and talk less there, try not to have anything to do with anyone, and not to offend anyone. She thought so simply, but she didn't know that this meal was not so delicious.
The people of Xue Mansion are sparse, and they are gradually declining, and now there is only one Xue Chang who can be called by someone. Therefore, when Xue Chang's wife Wu Yaning did not appear, many people asked.
Xue Jishi had a smile on his face: "She gave me the matter of working hard to celebrate her life, and she was tired and sick, so I asked her to take care of it well, and she didn't have to come out to serve." ”
So everyone praised Xue Ji's soft and kind personality, and he could treat his daughter-in-law so generously. Nalan Jinxiu knew in her heart that Wu Yaning's failure to be locked up in the ancestral hall to worship the Buddha seemed to be concealed by the Xue family.
She and the third brother didn't plan to do anything to Xue Ji's family, and she had already suffered a lot, and she thought that she would be restrained in the future. As long as Wu Yaning is not released, nothing should happen, and the two of them can maintain a face-to-face relationship. Anyway, Xue Ji's coaxed his grandmother well, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face.
Only half of the meal was eaten, and a fire broke out outside the house. At this time, the people who ate the banquet found that tung oil had been poured outside the house, and a few fires were burned, and the fire was burning vigorously, and it was difficult to get out.
"This, is this to burn us to death?" Ji Xiang Ruyi guarded Nalan Jinxiu's side left and right, and found that there was a lot of smoke in the house, and he was a little scared.
Nalan Jinxiu asked them to wet their sleeves with tea, and then plug their mouths and noses, otherwise they would definitely have choked to death by smoke before they were burned to death. When everyone saw them do that, they also began to scramble for tea, and when there were more people and less water, some people started to do it.
Fighting requires strength, and it also requires constant breathing, and in the end, the person who does it coughs and dies. Although Nalan Jinxiu is a doctor, she also knows that human nature is like this, and it is not for her to control it.
At this time, there were many chaotic footsteps outside the door, and people kept shouting that the water was gone, and it seemed that the people of Xue Mansion had found that there was a fire here, and they were organizing people to put out the fire. Buckets of water were poured outside the house, but the fire was still fierce, and some beams began to fall, and those who did not avoid were smashed underneath and struggled in pain.
Ji Xiang Ruyi has never seen this kind of scene, and he is so panicked that he doesn't know what to do. Nalan Jinxiu also felt that she was getting worse and worse breathing, she covered her mouth and nose, and looked around, it was impossible to get out of the fire so big, I just hoped that someone outside would come to help. Reliving a lifetime, she has just been happy, she is reluctant to leave her third brother, and she is reluctant to die.
"Madam, can you hear me?" someone shouted outside the door, and Nalan Jinxiu could hear that it was Ye Bing's voice.
Ji Xiang knew that she was also having trouble breathing now, so he tried to shout outside the door: "Ye Huwei, Madame is here." ”
Then there was silence outside, and Ye Bing shouted loudly: "Protect Madame, move to the door as much as possible, and I will go in to save you now." ”
After Ji Xiang finished shouting, he coughed violently, and his strength seemed to be drained, and he could barely stand up with the support of Nalan Jinxiu and Ruyi. Nalan Jinxiu took the two of them to the door as much as possible, the fire at the door was the largest, and the beams were in danger of falling at any time, but they could only fight.
Ye Bing and two tall guards came in with a wet quilt on their heads, then wrapped up the people and rushed out.
Nalan Jinxiu felt that the quilt covered her breathlessly, as if she was about to be roasted to death. She was wrapped in a quilt, but wasn't Ye Bing, who was holding her, going to be burned by the fire? And the two girls who were auspicious, I don't know if there was anything wrong?
Then, her consciousness was not clear......
The fire in the Xue family was very strong, which alarmed the patrol battalion in the city. As soon as there was any movement in the patrol battalion, the criminal department knew about it. As soon as Long Yi heard that it was the Xue family, he carefully interrogated and found that it was the house where Mrs. Morning went to congratulate her birthday, so he told Ji Hongye the news.
Ji Hongye was discussing the new amendment with Yuan Songmu, when he saw Long Yi coming in in a little panic.
Yuan Songmu glanced at him, and smiled with his eyebrows: "Long Yi, what are you doing so fast?" Could it be that there is a ghost chasing you behind you!" Seeing that Long Yi ignored him, he was not angry, but still said with a smile: "What a panic, everything is up to the adults of your family." ”
Long Yi didn't have the heart to joke with him, his hands arched slightly, saluted him, and then walked quickly to Ji Hongye's side, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Ji Hongye's originally gentle and calm eyes glared at once, and then shrank back, he got up and said, "You go to the patrol camp now, let them send more manpower, and put out the fire immediately no matter what." ”
Long Yi was ordered to go out, but was stopped by him again: "The patrol battalion is understaffed, you send people to the military headquarters and ask them to send some people down to coordinate." ”
Yuan Songmu raised his eyebrows, and said secretly in his heart: When will the people from the military department be responsible for extinguishing the fire? It seems that Master Ji is in a hurry, and it is really not easy to see him lose his temper once. He couldn't help but be a little curious: "Whose mansion is on fire?"
Ji Hongye also panicked in his heart, Ah Jin is still in the Xue family, if there is an injury, what should he do? He didn't reply to Yuan Songmu, but said: "I have something urgent to go out now, and I'll discuss it another day." ”
Then he hurried out and asked people to prepare the car.
Yuan Songmu touched his nose, I really don't know what happened to the master and servant, the behavior is too abnormal!
Ji Xiaobai had just punched, and he was still lazy, but when he saw Long Yi coming out in a hurry, he was about to ask him what happened, but he saw him leave quickly.
He froze in place, and before he could react otherwise, he saw Ji Hongye come out again, just like the appearance of Long Yi and Tiger just now. If it weren't for the awe of his master in his heart, he really couldn't help but want to ask: "You and Long Yi are like this, are you on fire?"
Of course, he didn't dare.
He listened to Ji Hongye's instructions, so he could only run to the stable and lead two fast horses. On this day, many people saw that Ji Ge, who had always been calm and calm, was riding a horse on the street.
On the second day, there were several elders in the court, saying that Ji Hongye, as a cabinet elder, actually led his subordinates to ride horses on the streets, and there were countless pedestrians and merchants, and many of them were bumped into by him. This kind of behavior really poses a danger to the people and damages the image of the courtiers, and must be severely punished.
At that time, Ji Hongye was not in the court, it is said that his wife was frightened in the fire and fell unconscious, and he accompanied him. As soon as this reason came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and the voices of rebuke were endless.
"Heaven and Earth Monarch, how can Lord Ji's wife be so delicate? Because she is sick in bed, he can't even go to the early court. Such disloyal and unfilial behavior, and inability to distinguish between priority and priority, should be punished!
"There are clouds in the past, and there are red faces and troubled waters. Not focusing on business, but focusing on women, is not a good momentum. ”
"Which of the civil and military officials is not a group of wives and concubines at home, this one is sick today and will not come to the court, and tomorrow the one will not work when he is sick. If everybody were to follow his example, wouldn't it be a mess?"
Peng Jing is a military general, and his temperament is the most violent, watching them foaming at the mouth one by one to slander Ji Hongye, he couldn't help but say: "Master Ji doesn't have three wives and four concubines, just such a lady." ”
"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future. The man who said that there were groups of wives and concubines retorted.
"That's not true, not everyone likes to waste too much energy and time on women like adults. Peng Jing said bluntly.
"You...... You ......"
Peng Jing was about to say a few more words of truth when he saw Yuan Songmu shaking his head at him. Only now can I understand why Ji Hongye was in such a hurry yesterday. He wanted to laugh a little, and sure enough, he was a young man!