Chapter 757: The Great Fire
As soon as she heard the voice, Shi Qingqian completely woke up from her sleep—she sat up and got up to see that there was a terrible red fire around her, and the sound of the flames in her ears igniting the air and whistling became more and more deafening, and she knew almost instantly that the fire was sweeping towards the main house where she slept.
Shi Qingqian hurriedly jumped off the bed, and felt the burning heat on the ground without shoes on her feet, but she didn't care about putting on her shoes at the moment, seeing that the windows and the lotus-colored manzhu curtains that blocked the wind were already crackling, she picked up the white water on the table that had been cooled and poured it on her hair.
The ancient houses were all wooden structures, and as long as there was time, they could be burned thoroughly from the outside to the inside, and she didn't have two lives waiting for people to extinguish the fire from the outside, so she had to venture through it herself.
However, there was not much water in the house, only this pot of white water was still usable, and Shi Qingqian almost didn't think about it and wet his hair as much as possible.
In fact, when the fire began to appear, the people of the Hou Mansion were already alert, but it is a pity that no one has lived in Baoyue Courtyard for a long time, and the people in charge of this place are lazy on weekdays, and the water tank under the wall of the courtyard has not been added to the water tank for several days, and now it has dried up for most of it.
The people were so anxious that they had to run to other yards to fetch water, and some of them took wooden buckets to the edge of the garden pool to fetch water.
Baoyueyuan is located in a quieter part of the backyard, although it is not remote, but it is still far away from the front yard used for banquets. The fight is hot here, and the table is so lively that there are staggered cups and changing lamps, and there are red lanterns lit everywhere this night, which shines brighter than during the day, and no one notices the situation on the side of Baoyueyuan for a while.
After accompanying Shi Nian for a while, Shen Shu returned to his position, and at a glance, he found that Shi Qingqian had long disappeared, and after asking Xi Manwan, he knew that she had already returned to Baoyue Courtyard to rest.
Shen Shu was thinking about whether to go and see the girl, and suddenly glanced in the direction of Baoyue Courtyard, but saw a thick black smoke slowly rising under the night, his eyes were light, and he said in his heart: Don't be like this!
He didn't have time to explain to others, but he also understood that the wedding banquet must not be mixed up by himself, so he hurriedly ordered Chengfu beside him-when Fang toasted, Shi Qingqian was afraid that he would drink too much, so he specially asked Chengfu to bring a wine jug with white water, and if he couldn't say it, he secretly poured white water to drink-asked him to go to the outer courtyard to call Fan Sanye and others in to go to Baoyue Courtyard, and he first took Changwu and a few passing byers to run over.
There were many guests who noticed Shen Shu's wind and fire, and some people didn't care much, but within half a pillar of incense, some people also noticed the situation on the side of Baoyue Courtyard, mainly because many small people were alarmed, and the cries were getting louder and louder, and the shouts of 'go to the water' were interspersed with the blessings on the table, and they seemed so harsh-
"Hey, what did the little prince do in a hurry?"
"Maybe I'm going to find the princess, come on, come on, Wang Shilang eats wine and eats wine!"
"Look at the southeast direction. How is it so popular? ”
"Yikes! Isn't this a drain? ”
"Go to the water, go to the water—go to Baoyue Courtyard to put out the fire!"
The eldest lady who was greeting the guests suddenly trembled, looked at Baoyue Courtyard suddenly, and was so frightened that the wine glass in her hand burst to the ground, her mind was blank, and her legs were directly paralyzed like an explosion, and she forgot how to move around at all. Oh my son-"
When the eldest lady's little servant saw that she was about to fall, she stepped forward to help, but was driven away by the eldest lady's weak punch: "You go and save my child!" Take someone with you! ”
"Yes, yes......" The little guy couldn't help it, so he hurriedly waved his hand and beckoned a few little maids who were helping to serve wine and food at the banquet and ran to Baoyue Courtyard together.
The old lady was eating wine and gossiping with a few old sisters in the upper seat, and suddenly saw that the banquet outside was messy, and she caught a girl and asked to know that it was the girl's Baoyue Courtyard that caught fire, and she was even more hurried to go to see, the old sisters couldn't stop her, and in the end no one could resist her, and the old mother around her had to support her trembling towards Baoyue Courtyard.
Let's talk about Hogetsu Temple.
Shen Shu was the first to bring people to arrive, and the subordinates of the Hou Mansion and the Third Master of the Fan Dynasty actually followed, and the slower ones were the eldest lady and Shi Yuan.
Changwu led people to dig people up directly into the sea of fire, but he first dug out Xue Ying, who had passed out at the outer gate. She only had a door and a few beams across the yard, and she also lost her life, the door burned out, and the beams collapsed but did not hit her.
Seeing that she was unconscious, Nagago had no choice but to put her aside first, directing the people to quickly deliver water to extinguish the fire.
"The fire, the fire, is too fierce...... The beams of the house have fallen, and there is no way to go in and save people! ”
"Where's the water! What about water! What do you all do to eat! "The eldest lady was so anxious for the first time, and that's what she said when she cared.
Shi Ke wanted to go in to find Shi Qingqian, but he was stopped by his subordinates, and in the end, the old lady was clear-eyed and scolded Shi Ke a few times, and then he quieted down.
At this time, Shi Qingqian was not easy in the sea of fire, although this was where she grew up, but it seemed to have changed in the fire, the smoke was so thick that she couldn't open her eyes at all, the nearest road had been blocked by the collapsed and burning beams, she could only take a blanket to extinguish the fire around her, while trying her best to find a way out.
Fire safety lessons, at this time, try to reduce the carbon dioxide inhaled as much as possible, but still have to make a sound for others to notice you. Thinking of this, Shi Qingqian casually picked up a stool that had not yet been swallowed by the flames and smashed it to the ground hard.
Well, she admits that there is little hope, and there may not be a firefighter uncle who can save her from the fire at this time.
Outside the house, Shen Shu saw that the bucket of water splashed up but did not get better, after all, he still couldn't hold back, looked around for a while, and then ripped off the red shaman hanging on the wall as a decoration, and soaked in the bucket of water that walked beside him, the red gauze was waved away by him and exploded into a fiery red firework in the night, and then he tightened his body, and plunged into the fire without saying anything.
"Little, little prince!"
"Lord Wang! Don't go in, lord! ”
Everyone present was a flurry, and even Changwu couldn't react to go up to stop him, so he watched Shen Shu, who was dressed in dark clothes and wearing a red veil, disappear into the sea of fire.