Before Shen Shu approached Lanchun Courtyard, she saw Mrs. Jiang coming out of the courtyard with a servant woman from a distance.

She took two steps closely, and was about to catch up with her mother, so she went to the outer courtyard with her to have a look—

Suddenly, from the direction of the outer courtyard, a team of guards hurriedly walked and saluted Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang ordered in a majestic voice: "A few of you go to Taohuazhai, guard the front and back of the house, don't let the four girls go out a step, and the rest of you, follow me to the outer courtyard." ”

Shen Shu's eyebrows jumped.

A-Niang is really! Are you still afraid that she won't be able to put out the fire?

The martial arts training ground suddenly went out of the water, and Daddy was not in the house, so she couldn't feel at ease if she didn't go to see what was going on.

Thinking of this, Shen Shu hurriedly hid in the grass next to him.

After the guards were ordered to walk in the direction of Taohuazhai, she quietly walked out of the grass, far behind Mrs. Jiang and her party, and walked towards the outer courtyard.

And at the same time, not far from the grass where he was hiding—

A gray shadow leaped up from the grass, glanced in the direction she had left, and swept quickly towards the outside of the house.

*

Yunjiang Protectorate.

The outer courtyard of the Metropolitan Palace, the easternmost luxurious courtyard.

In the upper room with bright candles, a man in a plain white bedrobe stood in front of the desk with his hands in his hands, staring intently at the map on the table.

The map seems to be old, and some of the markings are mottled and can only be barely identified from some terrain.

Feiyun walked into the house and reported in a low voice: "Shen Changshi went to the deep forest of Yunjiang today and brought an old man to the Shen Mansion, it seems that he was for Shen Jinming's pulse. ”

"Pulse?" The man's sword eyebrows raised slightly: "How old is the old man, and what does he look like?" ”

"Over seventy years old, the wrinkles on his face are very deep, he is hunched over, and he doesn't look very tall."

The man immediately thought of the old man who rescued him back to the Shen Mansion at the bottom of the cliff that day.

He naturally remembered that the old man called himself "Buddha".

The man's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly: "Where is that person at the moment?" ”

"This afternoon, Shen Chong personally led someone to send the old man back to the Yunjiang Jungle, and he didn't return for a long time. At dusk, Father-in-law Qi seemed to have gotten the news, and sent a lot of people to the direction of the deep forest, and Ying Wu had already brought people to follow, but there was no news so far. ”

Feiyun said, paused, and said hesitantly: "The shadow guard sent to keep an eye on the Shen Mansion just now came to report that there were a few black-clothed people who sneaked into the martial arts training ground in the outer courtyard of the Shen Mansion. It didn't take long for the martial arts training ground to go away, and the fire had already burned at this time, in addition to the fire brigade of the Yunbian City Mansion, on the side of the Duhu Mansion, Xiao Duhu had just sent a team of soldiers, led by the pastoral guards, to rush to help. ”

The man's eyebrows frowned slightly.

He groaned, his gaze falling on the map of the table, the place where the forest was faintly visible.

"How long does it take to get from Yunbian City to Yunjiang Deep Forest?" The man asked in a deep voice.

"An hour and a half."

The man pinched his fingers and counted the time, frowning even deeper: "Prepare the car, call the master, let's go and have a look." ”

Feiyun received the order, and was about to withdraw to make arrangements, when he suddenly thought of something, paused and said: "Ying Wei said that Shen Huai, the fourth master of the Shen Mansion, quietly took people to Shen Jinming's Mingyue Zhai after nightfall, and he didn't even come out when the martial arts training ground caught fire. It was the fourth girl Shen who changed into men's clothes and quietly went to the outer courtyard. ”

When the man heard this, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

He sighed for a few breaths and ordered, "Go to the Shen Mansion first." ”

*

Shen Mansion.

Because of the water in the martial arts training field, except for the servants in the inner courtyard, everyone rushed to put out the fire.

Shen Shu was behind Mrs. Jiang and her party, and when they were far away, they deceived the doorkeeper and came to the outer courtyard.

When he arrived at the outer courtyard, Shen Shu found out-

The fire in the martial arts training ground was much bigger than what she had seen in Peach Blossom Zhai before.

The row of five blue-tiled houses due north has all burned to the ground.

Fortunately, the wind was not too strong tonight, and the speed of the fire was not too fast.

But even so—

The buildings around the martial arts training ground are also in danger.

At this moment, there was a lot of noise in the martial arts training ground.

The third master, Shen Yuan, is organizing the little guys in the outer courtyard to put out the fire with all their might.

Among them, there are also many soldiers in armor, coming and going, mixed in an orderly manner.

Shen Shu didn't dare to get too close, so she could only hide in the tall grass outside the martial arts training ground, and look in carefully through the gaps in the hollow flower wall.

Because it is far enough away and has a wider field of vision, Shen Shu can better see the situation in the field.

She was keenly aware of—

Those soldiers were only concentrated on the west half of the martial arts training ground, and even if they took water to put out the fire, they only fought the fire on the west side.

As for the eastern half of the fire, which was much bigger, they ignored it entirely.

As if the fire didn't spread to the west, it had nothing to do with them.

Shen Shu thought about it for a while, and instantly figured out the joints in it-

The building on the west side must be the location of the secret room for detention and interrogation in the martial arts training ground!

"Quick! Go get some more water! ”

"This way! This way! Don't let the fire burn! ”

"Hurry up!"

At this moment, in the noisy voices, the voice of the third master, Shen Yuan, attracted Shen Shu's attention.

She turned her eyes to look—

I saw that the third uncle walked up to his mother in a hurry, and asked anxiously: "Oh, I'm in a hurry!" Second sister-in-law, when will the second brother come back? I don't know where the fourth child went, and I can't move these soldiers, and if the east burns like this, something will happen! ”

Compared with Shen Yuan, Mrs. Jiang's expression was much calmer.

"These soldiers are on guards, and they will not leave their posts without military orders. I have told the government that the firefighters will be coming soon, and that they will be able to extinguish the fire when they have enough men. It is imperative that we first control the fire and prevent it from spreading. ”

With Mrs. Jiang's words, Shen Yuan's expression was a little calmer.

He pointed to the little guys who were next to the well, constantly twisting and turning to fetch water: "Second sister-in-law, it's too slow to extinguish the fire with well water, we have to find another way!" ”

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she turned sideways and commanded the servant women behind her: "A few of you go and get some buckets, and then call some strong servants to go to the lake in the inner courtyard to get water, go quickly!" ”

The servant woman received the order and hurried back.

Mrs. Jiang pointed to the wall on the west side of the martial arts training ground, near the lake in the inner courtyard, and said to Shen Yuan: "You send a few capable servants to the wall, hang a rope to get water from the inner courtyard, and take water from the two phases, faster." ”

As soon as Shen Yuan heard this, he hurriedly responded and hurriedly turned around to make arrangements.

Shen Shu, who was hiding in the corner, looked at her mother's appearance in danger, and felt a little relieved.

It seems that she is overthinking.

With soldiers guarding the secret room, and A-Niang sitting in charge of fighting the fire, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Thinking of this, Shen Shu didn't delay any longer, turned around and was about to go back to the inner courtyard.

Suddenly, at the end of her line of sight, a young man dressed in a small servant's clothes appeared.

The man was carrying a black bucket in his hand, and he was hurrying towards Mingyuezhai!

Shen Shu's eyes narrowed slightly.

At this time, almost all the people in the outer courtyard were fighting fires in the martial arts training ground, who was this person? Why don't you come to fight the fire, but go to Mingyuezhai instead?

Almost instantly, Shen Shu suddenly thought of the third brother who was now "blind" in Mingyue Zhai.

Her eyes sank, and she quietly took ten smoke steps, and followed silently in the direction of the little guy......