383. Self-help
The fire at the entrance of the east chamber finally burned, the space in the Qiming Hall was not too big, there was no wind at this time, and the light rain was dripping, although there was an open flame, but what was more exaggerated was that the smoke was billowing into the sky. This slowed down the Tatar offensive, and the congregation guarding the entrance to the east chamber was finally forced by the smoke to come to the west chamber.
Fu Qingshuang turned his head nervously and looked at Nangong Pu, who was also anxious. The two looked at each other, and Nangong Pu seemed to understand what he meant, and nodded. Fu Qing waved his big sword, instantly broke away from the battle circle, and rushed directly into the east chamber.
A large amount of smoke had poured into the east wing, and there were three or four people covering their mouths and noses, anxiously trying to enter the tunnel. Fu Qingshuang didn't say a word, and after shoving one person into the tunnel, he directly blocked the entrance of the tunnel. The three people who didn't enter the tunnel instantly cried when they saw this. Fu Qing didn't care, and quickly found a bunch of asbestos and clothes from the room to block the tunnel entrance.
After these things were done, those people were still crying, and Fu Qingshuang yelled, "Don't cry!" If you want to stay alive, come with me! ”
Those people were frightened and looked at Fu Qingshuang in a daze.
Fu Qingshuang pointed to the door and said to the three of them solemnly: "As soon as you rush out from here, I will be at the door, I will block the Tartar, and after rushing out, I will go to the opposite West Chamber, and the three of you must act together and not disperse." Got it? ”
An old woman among the three nodded and said, "We will listen to the arrangement of the strong man." Then he said to the other two old family servants: "We will hold hands and run for a while, if I can't run fast, you can let go of me and run by yourself." ”
The two old servants shook their heads at the same time, "The West Chamber is on the opposite side, a matter of a few steps." As long as we don't disperse, the strong man will protect us and not be afraid. ”
Fu Qingshuang saw these three people, although they were domestic servants, they were also sensible, "Okay, I'll go first, you count to twenty before you come out." With that, he rushed out of the gate blocked by fireworks.
At that moment, the smoke outside was even thicker. The terrifying smoke seemed to stop the Tatar attack, and the incoming enemy retreated. From this point of view, the pressure on everyone in Nangong Mansion was much lighter. Fu Qingshuang didn't waste much effort and rushed to the west chamber with three servants, but the smoke became more and more difficult to open.
In the Qiming Hall, there are fewer Tatars, but everyone does not dare to leave the Qiming Hall. In the sound of coughing, I only heard Nangong Pu instruct: "Everyone lie down." There is a fish pond on the west side of Qiming Hall, and after a while, everyone will follow me as short as possible, soak their clothes at the edge of the pool, and cover their mouths and noses with a damp cloth. ”
So, Nangong Pu led the team, and the four Qingfeng Hall people were behind, while Fu Qingshuang took the remaining Qingfeng Hall people along the road to protect. rushed out of the West Chamber, and found that there were not many Tatars left outside, and all the rest were covering their mouths and noses, looking for a way out.
More than 20 people in this group bowed down, crawled out from behind the erected planks, and quickly ran to the edge of the fish pond in the thick smoke, doing everything according to Nangong Pu's instructions.
A damp cloth really relieves the smoke.
"What should I do?" Fu Qingshuang covered his mouth and nose and asked Nangong Pu in a low voice. If you continue like this, if you don't get killed by the Tartars, I'm afraid you will be smoked to death here. "I'm going to put out the fire?"
"Find a way to get out of the Ming Hall." Nangong Pudao.
"Somewhere to hide?" Fu Qingshuang looked at Nangong Pu expectantly, "Are there still tunnels in other places?" ”
"There are no tunnels, but there are cellars." Nangong Pu thought for a while and said, "It's not close to the big kitchen from here, it's very difficult, and the wine cellar is even farther. ”
For a moment, neither of them spoke. Fu Qingshuang had always been worried that the smoke in the tunnel would hurt people, and his brows furrowed, as if he remembered that there was a tunnel that couldn't stand upright, "No, I remember that you took me through a tunnel, when we sneaked into the house from the river outside the city." ”
Nangong Pu was stunned, "That's not a tunnel, it's a waterway that leaks the water of the lotus pond during the rainy season, and there is a sluice gate ...... by the lotus pond." ”
"I remember there was some standing water in it, can you still pass it now?" Fu Qingshuang asked anxiously.
Nangong Pu was not sure, "There should have been no one going down for a long time, the water in the lotus pond is not satisfied this season, and there will not be a lot of water in the waterway." But....... ”
"It shouldn't be far from here to the gate of the lotus pond, right?" Fu Qingshuang was anxious to interrupt him again.
"It's not far away, but at that time, we were from the outside in, and when we were about to arrive, we let Xiao Wan open the sluice gate, and the waterway was easy to walk without water. But this time, the floodgates had to be opened first, so that the water would pour into the waterways and people would not be able to ....... ”
Fu Qingshuang interrupted him again, "This waterway is not big, there is no way to walk upright, and there is water just swimming out." It's a big deal to be washed by water, but it can be faster. ”
Nangong Pu still shook his head, "It's a long way from here to the river outside the city, I don't know what the situation is in the waterway now, even if we can pass it, we don't know what the situation is outside the city." ”
"Okay, I'll open the way in a while, and I can't smoke to death here." Fu Qingshuang looked at the remaining seven or eight Qingfeng Hall members and more than a dozen servants in the house. "Discuss how to get over? With so many people walking together, the goal is too big, and it must be difficult. ”
Nangong Pu thought for a while and said, "I'll take three Qingfeng Hall people to explore the road first." For a while, in groups of three or four, we will make a few more trips. ”
"Be quick, the smoke is too big." Fu Qingshuang urged.
**********
I don't know if the smoke of Qiming Hall is blocking the enemy, or maybe this road does not lead to any building, but there are no people. There weren't many tartars coming out of Qiming Hall to the lotus pond, and Nangong Pu tried his best not to attract their attention and avoided it.
This lotus pond is a rare large body of water in Pingyang, at this time, there are more than a dozen people around the shore of Lotus Quxuan not far away, and there are three or five Tartars bathing in the pond. The temperature was not high, and the people in the pool screamed at the blood stains on their bodies.
Nangong Pu waited for a while, seeing that these people had no intention of leaving, thinking about the smoke in the Qiming Hall, he couldn't wait, and took a detour to the rockery gate.
After a cursory look, it is almost impossible to hide more than twenty people here without being discovered. Nangong Pu didn't dwell on this issue anymore, leaving one person to open the floodgate, and hurried back to Qiming Hall with the two of them.
In Qiming Hall, Fu Qingshuang has been divided into teams according to the requirements of a group of three or four. Nangong Pu took the first group directly when he arrived, and let the second group leave after half an hour with two Qingfeng Hall members. Although they walked separately, the speed was not slow, except for the group of Tatars by the pool, everything else was fine.
Nangong Pu asked all the servants brought out to lie on the ground, while the Qingfeng Hall scattered nearby, Fu Qingshuang stood at the gate and waited for the waterway to open, but Nangong Pu did not give the order to open the gate.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Fu Qingshuang asked impatiently.
"If the floodgates are opened, those Tartars will find ......." Nangong Pu was embarrassed and said: "It is simple to open the floodgates, but after it is opened, it is estimated that it will take a moment for everyone to leave, during which the water flow will change, the water level will drop, and the movement is very large, and the tartars in the lotus pond will definitely be found." ”
"Let's do it." Fu Qingshuang looked at him and proposed, "There are only more than ten of them, and it won't take the two of us a quarter of an hour to get results." ”
Nangong Pu still looked worried, "Also, no one closes this gate as soon as we leave." Although the water in the pond does not run out, when the water level drops, the waterway is completely exposed ....... ”
"Big brother, you're worried about it. As long as we can leave, what does it matter if this waterway is not exposed? Could it be that when we go out, we will still be waiting where we are? Fu Qingshuang looked at him with a funny face.
As soon as Nangong Pu was told by him, he paused and laughed to himself. I really don't know what I'm worried about, even if the Tartars find out? Will they cross this waterway to chase and kill? If you do it now, you may attract other enemies.
"Okay, now open the gates. You take the lead, and I cut it off. Nangong Pu looked at him and said solemnly: "Be careful." ”
Fu Qingshuang smiled and stretched out his hand, Nangong Pu reached out to hold it, and bumped his shoulder like he did when he was young. Nangong Pu raised his hand, and the gate slowly opened. Fu Qingshuang stared at the mouth of the waterway, and there were already a few bold servants lined up behind him.
The pool water quickly poured into the waterway, and before it could be fully opened, Fu Qingshuang dodged and dived into the waterway. The current in the waterway was so strong that he could only bow over and drip water. It didn't take long for the water level to get higher and higher, and it was almost unstable. Fu Qingshuang tensed, the waterway is a downward slight angle, although the mouth of the waterway is about two inches above the water surface, but according to this, the further out, the pond water will fill the entire waterway. And it was not close to the creek outside the city, and they climbed for two quarters of an hour.
However, at this time, it is too late to think of it, and all you can do is gamble on luck.
The floodgates were wide open, and the servants were followed by the breeze, all of whom jumped into the waterway one by one as fast as they could. Nangong Pu has been staring at the more than ten Tartars, such a big movement, he hasn't noticed it until now, and his heart is really big enough.
Maybe it was really lucky, until Nangong Pu jumped into the waterway, and no one found out. The water level in the waterway was already high, and the rushing water washed him out. After a while, the current became more and more rapid, and the water level became higher and higher.
Oops, this waterway is sloping downward, and it won't be long before it will be topped, and there is a cast iron fence at the exit, which was originally intended to prevent people or large animals from entering, which was originally nothing to deal with Qingshuang, but now it is completely in the water, I don't know if he can unlock that fence.
Fu Qingshuang had already been in the water, and the impact of the current was extremely strong, and the speed at this time was much faster than when they walked up. However, it was pitch black in the waterway, and Fu Qingshuang became more and more bottomless, and he panicked. If you die here, you'll be capsized in the gutter. Just thinking about it, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he was carried by the current and hit the railing hard.
Yes, this is it! Outside this fence is the river outside the city. Fu Qingshuang slammed it hard, but the fence didn't move. Second and third ...... Although the water was not strong, the railing seemed to be rusty.
At this time, Fu Qingshuang was really anxious. The people behind will be here soon, and if you can't get out of the way, they'll all die here! Thinking like this, he inexplicably drank several sips of water, pulled the fence with one hand, and tried hard to squeeze his head out. I don't know who said that as long as the head is over, the body can pass.
But it was all in vain.