Chapter 14: The Siege of Heavenly Fire
The next day, Zhuang Yunyun first went to worship her mother, the pain of losing her relatives was finally smoothed, everything was back on track, life continued as usual, after returning from abroad, she became Miss Zhuang again, went abroad, in addition to seeing the difference in life and customs abroad, she only learned to learn English, looked at a few foreign books, and broadened her horizons a little, and nothing else.
After many days of night, the moon was abnormal, the original gray-white moon suddenly changed into a red-orange color, emitting a yellow and red light, and this area alone was shrouded in red-orange light, and people thought it was strange, and they all ran to the street to see.
"What's going on?" Zhuang Sheng was playing chess with Yun Yun in the house, and the moonlight suddenly became as red as fire.
"Luo'er," Zhuang Sheng said, "go and see." ”
Luo'er pushed the door to see, Yunyun's girl, named Jun'er, also followed, and saw that the round of the light white and yellow moon was surrounded by a fire, showing red, and the servants and housekeepers in the house all ran to the compound, gossiping, seeing that the sky was getting lower and lower, people no longer thought it was unusual, and their hearts began to panic, and the whole city was full of people, and there were signs of riots.
"Luo'er, what's wrong?" Yun Yun threw down the chess pieces, and Zhuang Sheng also got up.
"Young Master, come and see!"
Zhuang Sheng walked out of the door and stared straight at the moon, which seemed to grow bigger and redder, and the people on the ground felt a hot breath pouring down like a mountain, making people hot and dull, and people began to breathe.
"Fire, it's heavenly fire!" A well-informed old servant shouted in despair, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and it rushed towards the city of Beijing with devastating destructive power, "Heavenly fire besieges the city!" It's the god of fire who wants to punish the Qing Empire......"
A wave of heat surged and slapped on everyone's faces, everyone was in danger, and everyone in the house was scurrying to hide in the backyard.
"Go inside!" Zhuang Sheng escorted Yun Yun into the house, the dull and hot air baked people's faces hot, and the heat waves broke through the door one after another.
The surface temperature rose suddenly, ** also felt hot in the back room, as soon as he went out, he felt out of breath, and he couldn't close the door again, he was knocked to the ground by the heat wave, his chest was heavy and dull, and the air he breathed seemed to burn his throat, and he no longer had the strength to get up.
"It's on fire!" Someone shouted outside.
Fortunately, there was a deep room in this big room, Zhuang Sheng asked Yunyun and the little girl to go in, and he and Luo'er hurriedly ran out to see.
Suddenly, I remembered my father, rushed straight to the backyard house, and saw him on the ground, "Dad! Zhuang Sheng shouted, helped him to the underground storage room with Luo'er, and sprinkled some water on his face, he gradually woke up, and Zhuang Sheng was relieved.
"I hear the fire? You...... Go and see. ** said slowly.
"Okay, I'll go." Zhuang Sheng handed over his father to Luo'er to take care of, got up and went.
As soon as he walked out of the storage room, Zhuang Sheng felt a chill rise from the surface, and the feeling of coldness started from his feet and then permeated his whole body. He couldn't care about this, he looked up and saw that the fire on the other side of the wall was soaring, it was the firewood house on fire, and the heat wave just now blew the straw and wood all over the ground, leading to a small bamboo forest and garden nearby, the fire had become a momentum, and there was no way to save it, so he had to let it burn, as long as it didn't burn the place where he lived.
The night was a thrilling night, but there was a rumor circulating in the city, and people all over the streets were talking about it as a sign of the fall of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, the revolution in the south intensified, and the Qing Dynasty no longer had enough strength to quell the revolution, and the Qing Dynasty was in turmoil and was in danger.
That night, Yun Yun still had palpitations, and stayed with her father for a long time, and went to sleep only when she saw that he was finally fine.
** After days of hard work, and old age, finally after experiencing this hot and cold night, the old disease recurred, and a new disease was added, even if he had the heart to serve the country, he had more than enough strength to do so. Since then, he has been getting thinner and thinner, and he knows that his health has been extremely bad, so he does not ask about state affairs every day, regardless of family affairs, and does not see visitors, and moves his residence to the bamboo forest in the backyard of Zhuangfu, where he has been restored, and recuperates with peace of mind, and entrusts Zhuang Sheng with large and small affairs.
Zhuang Sheng was the most reluctant to entangle these cumbersome family affairs, but after the strange events that night, there was an old steward, and a few timid subordinates left the house one after another to return to their hometowns, and could not find someone to employ them for a while, the reality forced him to have to take care of these family affairs himself, and thought that the old man was still there, and he had to let him enjoy his old age, and came back with a sister, only fourteen or fifteen years old, six years younger than himself, but more sensible than himself, a trip abroad seemed to be a few years older, often admonished, supervised himself, and there were housekeepers and daughters-in-law outside to help, So he reluctantly supported this family, changed his old habits, and didn't go to the market with others.
It's just that the female ice corpse in Xiao Yu's mouth is still haunting in his heart, he thinks that this has been almost half a month, and Xiao Yu also said that he will let himself see the truth in a few days, which shows that this matter may be false, and he also gave up this idea.