Chapter 106: Calamity
Xue He couldn't figure out how many people there were on the other side for a while, but their determination to kill Qin Bai was very obvious.
Outside, it seemed that someone was sprinkling oil evenly on the window lattice with a scoop of water - the oil probably came from the imperial dining room, peanut oil, rapeseed oil and lard, and soon gave off a harmless and very delicious aroma, which was really incompatible with the act of murder and arson.
But don't care about any oil, it's going to kill you when you burn it! This place is not to stay for long!
Xue He stood up and quickly grabbed the rabbit rune paper on the dresser by the window and the bottles of corpse oil ointment in his hands - he was defenseless and had no spells at the moment, and he could only count on these few things if he could save his life.
However, things went faster than Snow River expected.
As soon as she stuffed the talisman paper into Qin Bai's hand, before she could speak, a few arrows with fire passed through the thin veil of the window lattice with the sound of the wind, and fell not far away like fire meteors, nailed into the door panel of the cabinet, and quickly ignited all the things around her.
The whole window burst into flames in an instant, and the whole room was lit up by a leaping flame, and a wave of heat immediately hit the face. Qin Bai was stunned by this sudden change, and instinctively hugged Xue He and hid back.
However, Xue He calmed down at this time, took the oil lamp on the table, raised his leg and kicked the table down, temporarily blocking the flying arrows. The two of them hid behind the table, she blew out the oil lamp, and while pouring all the things in the vial in her hand into the lamp oil, she said loudly to Qin Bai:
"Go and write Junyi's name on the rune paper, then burn it!"
Qin Bai agreed indifferently, stood up and wanted to go to the inner room to get pen and ink, as soon as he showed his head, a fiery arrow flew over against his scalp, and Xue He saw this and dragged him back, and said angrily:
"Looking for death?! Dare to go inside with an arrow? …… Go to the outer temple and look for it! ”
Qin Bai turned pale with fright and nodded blankly, but the whole person only sat paralyzed in place and couldn't move.
"Forget it, forget it!"
Xue He sighed, knowing that this cowardly was too timid to count on.
As soon as the corpse ointment in the bottle touched the lamp oil, it immediately melted into invisibility and emitted a strange aroma. She turned around and instructed Qin Bai to take the antidote with her, and then carefully poured the lamp oil into a small jar and sealed it.
The people outside probably didn't notice any movement inside, and the arrows that were shot into the house were tied with strips of cloth soaked in oil, and after shooting a few random shots, they stopped, and it seemed that the essence was just to ignite.
Soon the fire ignited the curtains in the house, and the whole room was set on fire, and the people who were shooting arrows outside stopped.
I can only gamble!
Xuehe dragged Qin Bai and crawled to the door, but just after climbing a few steps, he saw Zhang Mazi who fell to the ground, Xuehe turned around and whispered: "Take him with you!" ”
Qin Bai promised to pull him.
There are four doors from the inner room to the main hall, a meeting room, a eunuch on duty and two corridors, but if you want to leave the Yongle Palace, there is only one exit from the main entrance.
Xuehe walked in the front, and arrived at the door of the main hall in a few steps, Qin Bai dragged the unconscious old inner eunuch to walk fast, and followed far behind. As soon as she stepped into the main hall, she saw that the door suddenly opened, and a person dressed as a small eunuch was facing her, and both of them were stunned.
The moment their eyes met, the man suddenly shrank his neck and turned his face to escape.
He must have been the one who set the fire!
Xue He came up with such an idea for no reason, and smashed the small can of lamp oil at him, and the man couldn't dodge the middle door, and immediately "eh", fell backwards, and fell to the ground on his back. The small jar shattered, and the oil inside was spilling all over him.
"Dog thief!"
Xue He followed closely with a fierce attitude, and just wanted to take him, but saw a row of more than a dozen little eunuchs outside, who were holding buckets and pouring oil, and a team of guards holding bows and arrows, all staring at her with their eyes-
"Mom!"
Xue He immediately retracted, closed the door, and hugged the one-man high latch behind the door. As soon as the door was sealed, the people outside reacted and ran forward to slam the door desperately.
Qin Bai had just dragged the old eunuch to the main hall, but when he saw Xue He, he was busy moving the table to the door and blocking it: "What are you doing?" ”
"Block the door! Isn't that obvious enough?! ”
Xue He said angrily, and asked again: "I heard that there are many organs in the palace?" Isn't there any secret door or secret tunnel for the emperor to escape in Yongle Palace? ”
"I guess there is."
"That's great!"
"But I'm not Zhao Zheng, how do I know!"
“…… You win. ”
Xue He hatefully pulled all the tables one by one and blocked them to the door, and when he saw that he was still standing in a daze, he yelled: "Don't stand stupidly! Go write a spell! Now only Junqi can save us! ”
Qin Bai was stunned for a moment, then agreed, left the old inner prisoner who was still in a coma, and walked quickly towards the bookcase alone.
The people outside probably knew that it was a little girl who was stirring up the situation inside, so they didn't have to be afraid at all, so they slammed the door even more fiercely.
Xuehe was so tired and sweating that he couldn't move anymore, so he scolded loudly outside:
"You thieves! You still want to assassinate the emperor? Bah! I've seen through your tricks! If you surrender now, I can still let the emperor spare you from death! But if there are any more obsessed ones, just wait for the Jinyi Guard to kill your whole family! ”
Her shouting worked, and the people seemed to be shaken outside, and they stopped banging on the door for a while.
Those who only dare to use the crooked ways of underwriting and don't even dare to confront head-to-head must be a group of rats who are afraid of things!
Xue He made up his mind in his heart, but saw that the fire in the matching hall was getting bigger and bigger, and he was afraid that it would burn to the main hall in a while, so he continued:
"If you can help extinguish the fire now, then the emperor will no longer pursue today's matter! But if you still insist on carrying the crime of killing the king to the end, you will be killed by the Nine Clans! When the brocade guard comes, none of you will be able to escape! ”
The fire in the inner room spread rapidly, and if it was not extinguished, I was afraid that the entire Yongle Hall would be destroyed. However, there was still no movement outside the door, and I didn't know what was being done.
She came to Zhang Mazi's side, only to find that the back of his head seemed to have been hit by something and had swollen. It is estimated that the little eunuch thought he was in the way when he wanted to harm the emperor, so he took something to knock him unconscious.
After all, the old internal prison is a little older, and he doesn't know if it matters? This group of black-hearted little cubs is really ruthless!
"Snow River, is this okay?"
Qin Bai wrote the word 'Junyi' in cinnabar on the rabbit's rune paper, held it in his hand and asked.
"Burn it! Do you still want to frame it and hang it up?! Hurry up and burn it! ”
Xue He couldn't help but be angry, and bit and urged.
- What can I do with such teammates? I'm desperate too.
Qin Bai let out an "oh" at this time, and when the candle flame flickered, the rune paper instantly turned into ashes, and it disappeared into nothingness.
Seeing that the fire in the hall was getting bigger and bigger, Qin Bai quickly picked up the manuscripts on the table.
Seeing this, Xue He was also so angry that he rolled his eyes: "Please! When is this all gone! Even if you can't recruit the bandits, then you can find a safe place to hide first! ”
Qin Bai listened, but the movements in his hands did not slow down at all, and he said: "This is my ten years of hard work!" You can't just end it up! ”
"Enough of Ni feed...... What a nerd! ”
My life is gone, and I still have the mind to manage the manuscript?
While talking, I don't know what disagreement there was among the people outside the door, but there was a noise.
Xue He was stunned: Is this infighting?
Without warning, countless arrows flew in like raindrops through the cracks in the doors and windows, as dense as flying locusts, obviously different from when they had just set fire, this time they came for their lives.
Qin Bai was shocked when he saw this: "Snow River! ”
The snow river was the closest to the door, and it was completely exposed to danger as a dense rain of arrows poured down. It seems that this is a collapse of talk outside? She stooped nimbly and slipped into the gap between the tables, deftly avoiding the arrows.
Seeing that Qin Bai was staring at him, he waved his hand and shouted loudly:
"Get down! Get down! Do you want to be a target? ”
Qin Bai came back to his senses and hurriedly squatted down.
Most of the tables in the hall were overturned by the snow river and blocked at the door, and there was no cover in the air, all of them were exposed to the range of arrows, and some of the arrows had even been nailed directly to the emperor's table.
Qin Bai was so frightened that he rolled under the table with the manuscript in his arms. But the table was only supplemented by a bright yellow tablecloth, which could not stop the bow and arrows, and even if he was under the table, he was still exposed to the range of the shot.
"Stupid! Hide behind the pillars! It's not an earthquake! ”
Qin Bai poked his head out, but saw that the arrows were all shooting towards his position, so he shrank his head in fright, climbed behind the chair, and barely escaped.
Snow River didn't intend to stay at that pile of tables for long, and his alert civet-like figure instinctively dodged the deadly arrows whizzing by, hiding behind the nearest pillar. However, some arrows were very tricky, and she changed several places one after another before finally finding a safe position to avoid the range, but when she turned around and wanted to pull the old inner supervisor to her side again, she froze instantly:
“…… Oops! ”
Although she is agile, even if she does not have immortal protection, she is enough to protect herself, but Zhang Mazi on the ground is obviously not so lucky - although he fell to the ground, he has still been hit by several arrows, and it is difficult to save him even if he is a fairy.
"Awn! …… I'm sorry. ”
Xue He looked at his miserable situation and felt sad for a while, and couldn't help but think of the past when he was in the palace, he always took care of himself in every way and maintained it everywhere; Now that he was suffering unexpectedly, he couldn't protect him thoroughly, and Xuehe was so sad that he almost cried.
"I will make you pay for your blood debts!"
Xue He was so angry that he secretly gritted his teeth, climbed up to the top along the column, came to the top of the middle of the hall from the beams arranged in the shape of the tic-tac-toe, leaned over and picked up an octagonal glazed palace lamp, removed the decoration, took out the wick, and threw it directly at the gate, instantly igniting the gate and tables and chairs, while scolding loudly and angrily:
"Burn you bastards! In the next life, they will all be used as cattle and horses for Aweng! …… When you arrive at Hades, remember to report your Aunt Xuehe's name! ”