Chapter 36: The Burning of the Crane Mansion
In the chaos, Le Yi, Gu Zi'an, and Meng Yining's plans are proceeding step by step.
Besides, when He Miaomiao packed up her things, she asked a few maids to carry her and rush out. I'm going to hide in my father's study. In a hurry, even the hair ornaments were messed up, and the hairpin hung down, loosening along with the hair.
"Hurry!" He Miaomiao shouted, and ran out of the house with the most important documents in her arms.
Le Yi, who was lying on the roof, saw that He Miaomiao was panicked, and he yelled at the maids with a white face, and a big girl followed behind with a small burden of gold, silver, jewelry, and jewelry. A hint of cunning flashed in Le Yi's eyes, he originally valued the treasures hidden in Master He's dark room, who knew that there was one more. Presumably, Meng Yining must have smiled from ear to ear when he found out.
Le Yi turned over and jumped and landed lightly behind He Miaomiao. They had just taken a few steps before they were knocked out by Le Yi's light fist one by one. The Yan Rong document that He Miaomiao was holding tightly was put on his chest by Le Yi, and he lifted the gold and silver in the maid's hand, and his body shook slightly, and in a blink of an eye, he had rushed out more than ten zhang away.
Under the moonlight, Le Yi's inky black silver-patterned robe was swept up by the wind, and the hot currents of the flames in the central hall came with the wind.
The officers and soldiers on the street gathered, and the people on the street also rushed to the Hehou Mansion with buckets.
The middle hall of the Crane House is full of expensive rosewood furniture. The painted embroidered crane top ball picture, the peony ten thousand butterfly golden thread screen, and the orchid calligraphy and painting rewarded by the Xia King are all hung in the hall, if they are burned together, the loss is difficult to estimate. Grandpa Crane was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
"Hurry up and call more people!" The butler shouted from the side.
The panicked people in the house were scurrying around in front of them, and everyone came and went to put out the fire with all their might. There were also more and more officers and soldiers gathered in the Hehou Mansion, and the former heavily guarded Hou Mansion became very lively. At this time, another team of people also hurried to the Hou Mansion.
"Drive-"
Jing Chi looked anxious, waved the long whip in his hand, and the horse flew like a stream of lightning, and in the dead of night, the snow on the ground flew. Before a stick of incense, Gu Zi'an found Jingchi and claimed that someone saw Meng Yining being knocked unconscious and dragged into the back door of the Crane Mansion. Thinking that He Miaomiao had openly bullied Meng Yining many times, and now that the situation was chaotic, she He Miaomiao might really take advantage of the fire to rob and kidnap Meng Yining. Rui Wang Jingchi was anxious and gloomy in his heart, and he went hand in hand with Gu Zi'an, leading people to rush.
Le Yi was very happy when he saw Gu Zi'an's men and horses arriving with torches. The firelight illuminates the sky where stratus clouds are piling up. Le Yi put on the helmet of the official army, made a few leaps, and appeared among the firefighters. Where have you ever seen such a huge flame? The water wheel is not enough, and the water sprayed on it evaporates instantly.
Someone shouted in the crowd: "Where there is a pool, get more water!" ”
"The pond in the front yard is almost dry, and there is one in the backyard! Go to the backyard! Le Yi shouted
"Let's go!"
When some people heard about it, they ran to the back.
A subordinate shouted: "Master Hou said, you can't go to the backyard!" ”
The leader of the officers and soldiers who was quarreled in the middle of the night and rushed to the Hou Mansion fiercely said: "Where can I not go?" Isn't it a mountain of gold and silver? If this fire continues to burn, it will set this street on fire! ”
With that, he led a group of officers and soldiers to the backyard. I was already very unhappy to be woken up, but now I heard that I was not allowed to go to the backyard to get water? The leaders of the officers and soldiers are not angry, if the fire expands, the upper ones will be punished, and they will not be able to eat and walk around! The leader roared a group of officers and soldiers who were in a state of rage and rushed back.
At this time, the guards of the Rui Wangfu had just arrived and saw that the palace was already in chaos. The guards of the Hou Mansion at the door were just about to stop this sudden visitor, but they were killed back by a cold and serious look from Jing Chi.
"Split up and find it!"
Jing Chi turned his horse's head and rushed straight to the house, roaring away. Zhang Jiu and the others followed closely behind to protect the safety of King Rui.
Gu Zi'an caught a glimpse of several shadow guards brought by the teacher Zhang Ji who were ambushed on the roof. With a single gesture, they disappeared into the building. The shadow guard stepped into the darkness, put down the guards in Master Crane's study with a muffled voice, and quietly entered the room. According to the instructions revealed by Gu Zi'an before, use the mirror to reflect the mechanism of the dark room that has been rubbed to show a slight light.
One of the three shadow guards guarded, and two of them got in.
Light a torch to illuminate the darkroom.
This is truly a luxurious and sparkling treasure house. The sandalwood bookshelves are lined with all sorts of exotic gadgets, and on the walls are painted with seashells strung with silver threads and beads. The small screen of calendula, gold-inlaid jade hibiscus flowers, golden holding pots, sunflower marigolds, jadeite carvings upside-down golden bells, and red coral sapphires are elegantly placed on the Duobao Pavilion...... The shadow guard opened the small wooden boxes next to him, which contained large amethyst eggs that were rare on the market, white jade spoon handles inlaid with large rubies, and colored gold enamel black pearl bracelets. Everything is good, and the dark guards are all firm-hearted people, so they can't help but sigh slightly.
The two quickly took out their cloth pockets and moved the dark room of the Crane Marquis three times back and forth, and then quietly extinguished the torches and closed the switch.
The fire in the middle hall had not been extinguished, and the fire in the backyard of He Miao Miao flashed again. Flowers and trees have no water in winter, and although the fire is not as strong as in the middle hall, it is also a little bit of a fire.
Seeing that the fire helps the wind, and the wind helps the fire, the water in the waterwheel has long been used up. The water in the pool was also scooped dry. Le Yi shouted among the officers and soldiers: "There is bamboo in the pool, and the bamboo tube is filled with water!" As soon as the words fell, the shadow guards brought by Zhang Ji dressed up as officers and soldiers and distributed axes to everyone to chop bamboo.
The bamboo was lifted up, and there was a burst of chopping, and suddenly someone exclaimed, "What is this?" ”
When the second layer of bamboo was chopped, someone hit something hard with an axe, and the white silver in the cracked bamboo tube reflected the light of the torch under the water. Everyone was dumbfounded for a while, and suddenly someone excitedly shouted, "There are silver ingots!" Some officers and soldiers also jumped down, picked up a silver ingot, saw the word "Qi", and immediately replied: "This is not the silver from the silver mine in Qixia Mountain?" "It turns out that there are several large silver mines in the Great Xia Territory, and Qixia Mountain is an important one. The silver was refined to 85% and then transported to a special place to make it for needs. This silver ingot is a raw material and is not in circulation.
When the leaders of the officers and soldiers heard this, this was very good, and the silver ingots that were secretly hidden were probably smuggled from the mines. The law and discipline of Daxia are strict, especially when you look at the silver ingots on this scene, which are not like decimals. If it is reported, it may be a great achievement. His eyes were round like lights in the dark, and he didn't care about putting out the fire, "Everyone go back, the second team will open it for me one by one!" ”
At the sound of an order, the officers and soldiers swung their axes and cut open the bamboo tubes. The silver ingots of white flowers rolled out one by one, and the leaders of the officers and soldiers were surprised and excited, and the Great Xia Decree rewarded the personnel who discovered the major corruption cases. He immediately rearranged his subordinates and ordered half of the officers and soldiers to seal off the scene, leaving only the other half to continue fighting the fire.