Chapter 224: Murder
The sparks were stained with oil and wine, and the ground burned.
The floor and four walls of the lobby are all wooden structures, coupled with those curtains and light veils, almost instantly, the entire lobby is licked by tongues of fire.
In the sea of fire, Yang Shengcai and the four of them didn't even look at Xiao Qi's appearance.
At this time, they couldn't care about this, and they lost the composure when they pushed Jiang Zhan into the water, their faces were panicked, and they shouted hoarsely: "Go to the water, go to the water!" β
Jiang seemed to smile at the panicked four people, and jumped out of the window.
The sound of a heavy object entering the water came, as if to give a hint to the four people, and the four of them turned around in a panic and jumped out of the nearest window.
Like dumplings, the sound of plopping came one after another.
Not long after the four of them jumped, the little boy and the servant who stayed on the painting boat found that the four sons and brothers had already dived, either relying on their own excellent water skills or borrowing wooden basins and barrels, and escaped separately.
The first thing ginger feels after jumping into the water is that it is cold.
At present, the heat has not disappeared, and the night breeze carries a smoky warmth, and it is precisely because of the difference in temperature between the ground and the water that the river feels exceptionally cold.
Jiang seemed to shudder, and his legs slightly kicked his whole head out of the water.
Cool droplets of water rolled down his smooth cheeks, and at this moment, Jiang seemed to suddenly think of someone.
She was born in the capital and grew up in the capital, from the back house of Dongping Bo Mansion to the back house of Anguo Mansion, of course, there was no opportunity to learn to wash water, this skill was taught to her by Yu Qi in the south.
There is a lot of water in the south, and there are lakes large and small everywhere.
Yu Qi once jokingly pushed her into the river, saw her struggling in embarrassment, and was surprised that she couldn't water as a holy woman of the Wumiao tribe.
At that time, she was weak and sad.
The weakness of the other party's contact with her is completely to treat her as the saint Ahsan, and this is also sad.
Later, she couldn't help but admit that she was just a Han girl who accidentally went to southern Xinjiang, not the saint Ah San.
Yu Qi was silent for a long time, and said to her: "I already knew that you and Ah Sang were really similar. β
Later, she learned that Yu Qi knew from the beginning that she was just a substitute for Ahsan.
Regardless, she learned to water under Yu Qi's teaching.
In Yu Qi's words, there are lakes everywhere, if you don't learn to swim well, what if you fall into the water one day? No matter how much you protect, you don't have the ability to save yourself.
She thought so deeply that she studied very seriously.
Now, she has used this skill twice, the first time was to save Ji Chongyi's sweetheart who fell into the water, so as to successfully withdraw from her family, and this time she got out after setting fire.
"Girl, give me your hand!" In the hazy night, the water and lights swayed with the flowing water, and the eager voice of Ah Man was heard.
Jiang seemed to hold the hand handed over by Aman, and got on the boat with the help of the other party's strength and dexterity.
Looking at the wet ginger, Ah Man couldn't help but complain: "Girl, you are too bold, you are really scared to death!" β
"What are you afraid of, it's not that you have already agreed with Lao Qin." Jiang seemed to look left and right, "Is the second son okay?" β
Lao Qin hired this Wupeng boat to sell fresh fruits as a cover, and it was inconspicuous among the countless boats in the Jinshui River.
Ah Man pointed to the cabin: "The second son is inside, and he hasn't woken up yet, but Lao Qin said that he is fine." β
They kept following the painting boat, and Jiang Zhan rescued the person as soon as he fell into the water, but because Jiang Zhan drank too much, he slept soundly.
Hearing that Jiang Zhan was fine, Jiang seemed to be slightly relieved.
At this time, the boat had been completely burned, and the flames were soaring into the sky, like an angry dragon, and the river around the boat was reflected red.
The screams and cries were endless, and the surrounding boats had already been alarmed, and they slowly approached the painting boat to save people.
"Help, helpβ" A faint cry for help came, and a hand rested on the side of the boat where Jiang seemed to be.
Soon a wet face was revealed.
Ah Man let out a low exclamation and looked at Jiang Ru.
This person seems to be the one who went on the painting boat with the second son.
Lao Qin still held the oars silently, as if he hadn't seen anything.
He would only listen to the girl's instructions, and if the girl asked him to save someone, he would stretch out his hand, and if the girl did not speak, he would never make his own decisions.
Saving people is a lot of work.
Jiang seemed to be condescending, staring coldly at that face.
The person who asked her for help was actually Yang Shengcai.
At this moment, Jiang seemed to feel that God was still very kind, she was not going to leave immediately, but to find Yang Shengcai, but she didn't expect the other party to send it to the door.
Jiang seemed to smile at Yang Shengcai, who was looking up for help.
At this time, because she had been in the water, the cream applied to her face began to melt, forming cloudy water droplets dripping down her cheeks, which was extremely funny to look at, but fortunately, she couldn't see her original appearance even more at this point.
Yang Shengcai suddenly saw this face in the struggle, but he couldn't be afraid, he grabbed the side of the boat with one hand, and stretched out his hand with the other: "Save me...... I am the grandson of the Ministry of Rites, you saved me, I will give you a lifetime of glory and wealth! β
Jiang seemed to lower his head, there was no trace of excess emotion on his face, and his voice was as cold as ice: "What I want, you are reluctant to give." β
Although Yang Shengcai is a gentleman, he is not stupid, and the moment of life and death has aroused his impatience, and at this time, he has already seen that Jiang seems to be the one who is in charge, and immediately said: "You...... What do you want? I'll give ...... both."
Jiang seemed to hook the corners of his lips slightly, and smiled: "Naturally, I want your life." β
After she finished speaking, she forcefully pulled Yang Shengcai's hand, picked up the bamboo artemisia on the boat and pressed it on Yang Shengcai's head.
Yang Sheng had learned to swim in the water, but he was very rusty, and after falling into the water, he struggled to swim to other boats for help. It's just that he was unlucky, and his original destination was a painting boat more than ten feet away, but when he saw this canopy boat halfway, he was like grasping a life-saving straw, and he didn't want to swim forward anymore.
However, he didn't expect that this life-saving straw was actually a life-saving talisman.
His whole body was submerged in the water, no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't float up, and the bamboo artemisia on his head became harder and harder, causing his body to sink little by little.
Finally, Yang Sheng struggled to move, and the aquatic plants at the bottom of the river slowly wrapped around his ankles, and strings of bubbles overflowed from the corners of his mouth, gradually rising to the surface of the water, and finally bursting.
Jiang seemed to put away the penny with an expressionless face, put it back in the boat, and instructed Lao Qin: "Go." β
Lao Qin's expression barely changed in the slightest, and he immediately accelerated his rowing speed.
Many boats had already approached, but they couldn't get close because the boat was too burning, so they could only try to rescue the people who had fallen overboard.
All this noise and panic was left behind by the small awning boat, which headed for the shore.
Ah Man didn't wake up from the fear of his master's clean murder at all, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Aunt, girl, just now-"
Jiang seemed to glance at her and said lightly: "What are you afraid of?" Just now, I was saving people. β
Isn't that inhuman animal saving people when they die and die?
When she looked back, she saw that the fire was soaring behind her, and the Jinshui River seemed to be becoming more and more gorgeous.