When I walked to the front yard, I heard someone banging on the door, and the mother-in-law who was guarding the door stood by the door and didn't know what to do.

Someone outside shouted: "Zhang Rongkun, you demon path come out for me." You return my daughter! If you don't come out, I'll set fire to the door!" There was another loud slamming of the door.

It was an old mansion, and the door had been smashed too hard, and the dirt on the gatehouse had fallen.

Zhang Rongkun frowned and walked towards the door.

"Don't be long!" Someone came and stopped him, but it was Mr. Qiu.

This Mr. Qiu was born as a palace maid and was used by the Queen Mother before. She has been in the palace for many years and is quite knowledgeable, and she knows that today's incident is extraordinary, but she is afraid that once Zhang Rongkun opens the door and goes out, she will face the danger of life and death.

Zhang Rongkun said to her, "Is there a way for you to contact the palace?" ”

After Zhang Rongkun was framed last time, Chen Youcong was afraid that he would be in danger of being alone in Xuanmiaoguan, so he proposed to send two people to guard him. Zhang Rongkun refused, he didn't want anyone to make a fuss about the fact that the prince had a personal relationship with him.

But today he had to turn to the palace for help. Because it was not only about him, but also about dozens of children at school.

Mr. Qiu nodded and said, "I can try!" ”

"Okay, I'll hold them back, you go for help as soon as possible. Whether it is the crown prince or the queen mother, as long as these children can be kept from being harmed. ”

At this time, the slamming of the door became more urgent, and some people were shouting: "Splash oil on the door!" Bring the torches! ”

At this moment, the deadbolt sounded, and Zhang Rongkun opened the door and walked out.

Zhang Rongkun stood on the doorstep and looked down, only to see more than a dozen ruffians standing bustling at the door. In the distance, some neighbors looked over here, knowing that it was hooligans who were making trouble, so they didn't dare to get so close.

"Which of you is looking for me?" Zhang Rongkun asked angrily.

Just now, these people were arguing fiercely, and when they saw a tall old Taoist priest standing there with a high attitude, they were a little timid.

The person at the head couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw his minions being so cowardly. He pushed a middle-aged man on the shoulder, and the man staggered forward, came to his senses, and shouted: "My daughter was abducted by your demon, you return my daughter!" ”

"Your daughter?" Zhang Rongkun knew that these people were here to stir up trouble, where would there be any daughters here? But in order to stall for time, Zhang Rongkun began to ask him for details.

"How old is your daughter? What is your name? Zhang Rongkun asked.

While Zhang Rongkun was dealing with those ruffians and hooligans, in the courtyard, Mr. Qiu told Mr. Li and Qi Ruren to take the children to hide in different classrooms, close the door and not come out. She raced to the back door, which had been locked all year round, and wanted to get out of here. Before opening the door, she looked through the crack in the door, but saw a few suspicious people in the alley, and Mr. Qiu knew that the door was also being targeted by the ruffian, so he didn't dare to open the door.

She gritted her teeth, moved the ladder from the tool room, erected it on the wall across the courtyard, and climbed the wall while it was night. Beyond the wall was the courtyard of a family. There were a few people standing in the courtyard, listening to the movement of the school side with their ears sideways. They knew something was wrong at the school, but they didn't dare to go out and see it.

These neighbors are usually familiar with the gentlemen of the school, and when they saw Mr. Qiu turn over, they hurriedly helped her down, and heard Mr. Qiu say that there were hooligans who came to make trouble, and they wanted to find someone to ask for help, so they hurriedly opened the door of their own yard and secretly let her out while no one was paying attention.

Outside the gate, in the face of Zhang Rongkun's question, the middle-aged man began to answer:

"My daughter, my daughter is twelve years old, called, called big girl." The eldest girl, the second girl is the most common nickname for girls in ordinary people at this time.

"How tall is the girl? What does it look like? Zhang Rongkun then asked.

"Yes, as high as my chest, with a round face and thick braids." The middle-aged man said, gesturing to his chest.

Zhang Rongkun said: "Then your eldest girl is definitely not with us." We do have a couple of twelve-year-olds here, but they've grown taller than your shoulders. We don't have a child who came to your chest at the age of twelve. ”

The middle-aged man was a short and fat man, and Zhang Rongkun's answer was also burying him.

Just as Zhang Rongkun was speaking, the crowd of people watching from afar gradually gathered here to watch the excitement. At this time, I heard Zhang Rongkun say, "We don't have a child who only came to your chest at the age of twelve", and those who were bold burst into laughter.

The man was annoyed and angry, and said loudly: "You don't want to cheat! Someone saw you, an old man, kidnapping my daughter back on the street. You're an old man, and you're messing around in this school full of women and girls all day long, and it's not a good thing at first glance! Some people say that you use the hearts and livers of children to make alchemy, so you abduct children everywhere in the name of opening a school. Say! What happened to your daughter? ”

Zhang Rongkun ignored his slander and responded in a deep voice: "You said that someone saw me kidnapping your daughter, who saw it?" Where did you see it? When did you see it? Tell him to come over and confront him! My school specializes in adopting orphan girls to raise them, and the government has filed a case, and the neighbors all know about it, and there are many well-wishers around the school who have come to the school to donate, so you are not allowed to slander! ”

The middle-aged man still wanted to refute, but he couldn't think of a word, and looked back at their leader. The leader originally wanted to pour a basin of sewage on Zhang Rongkun before he started, so that they would be famous, but when he saw that Zhang Rongkun couldn't talk about it, he simply shouted:

"What are you doing with this demon talking so much nonsense? We went into the school to search, and found the big girl to see what else he had to say? ”

Zhang Rongkun said: "The school is a quiet place, how can you be allowed to go wild? If you are going to frame Lao Dao for abducting your daughter, let's go to the government and let the officials check to see if there is the child you said here.

"That's right, call the official to come and see. You big men, go to the girls' school and rummage for what are you talking about? "If there are neighbors, they will help.

When those people saw it, the more they shouted, the more passive they became, so they simply did it.

The man at the head shouted: "Brothers, don't talk nonsense, go in and search!" As he spoke, he was about to break in with a torch and a club.

Zhang Rongkun stood by the door with his hands open: "We have been looking for someone to report to the official for a long time, and someone from the official mansion will come soon!" If you really want to mess around, aren't you afraid that the official will hit the board? ”

These people are just a rabble, and when they heard that the government and the board were still a little afraid, they all stopped to look at the person in charge, and the person was also a little hesitant.

Suddenly, I heard someone exclaiming, "Oh no! The school is on fire! ”

Zhang Rongkun was startled, and when he looked back, he saw thick smoke rising from the backyard of the school, and the flames were steaming in an instant.

Oops! The kids are still locked up in the classroom! Zhang Rongkun didn't care much, turned around and ran into the courtyard.

When the hooligan leader saw that he was overjoyed, it seemed that someone had made the first move, and shouted, "Brothers, give it to me!" He also rushed into the courtyard.

When he entered the courtyard, he smashed it with a stick and lit fires everywhere with torches.

In the confusion, someone knocked a sticky stick on Zhang Rongkun's head from behind, Zhang Rongkun staggered to his knees, supported the ground with his hands, and blood leaked out through his gray hair.

However, he didn't bother to look back to see who had hit him, and he got up as fast as he could, stumbling in the direction of the classroom.

Outside the courtyard, the neighing of horses could be heard.

"The official is here! The official mission is coming! Someone shouted.

Those hooligans didn't expect the officials to arrive so quickly, and they scattered and fled. There are some exciting points, and they run into the alleys and disappear into the smoke. Some of them had slow legs and feet, so they were caught.

Because of the fires in many places, and the old wood of the old house, the fire spread quickly, and the Songzhu Girls' School suddenly became a Shura field.

The officers and men hurriedly fetched water to put out the fire. Neighbors quickly took out their pots and buckets for firefighting.

The gentlemen of the school led the students through the wall of fire. Some of the young children were afraid to cross the wall of fire, so they asked the gentlemen to run back and pull them out.

Many children were burned, and the sound of crying and moaning was incessant.

The houses around the school were also affected by the fire, and the cries for help were boiling.

In the midst of the chaos, another large group of soldiers arrived bravely to join in extinguishing the fire.

Everyone worked together, and by the time they arrived, the fire was under control.

I don't know how many more people are taking care of the children. Due to the large number of people, no one knows when they arrived.

A young woman wiped the ashes and sweat from her face while anxiously asking around, "What about my master, have you seen my master?" "This is Zhang Weizhao.

"Zhang Daochang has been going out to save the child just now, and I don't know where to go now." Qi Ruren replied.

Zhang Weizhao couldn't find Zhang Rongkun all over the place, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

After coming to Dayan, no matter how difficult the pass was, she was in danger, but at this time, she panicked.

After asking around again, he still didn't find Zhang Rongkun, Zhang Weizhao gritted his teeth, borrowed a quilt and put it wet on his body, and was about to go to the fire to find it.

A hand held her tightly. As soon as Zhang Weizhao turned around, it turned out to be Chen Youcong who pulled her. Chen Youcong was wearing the uniform of a school officer, and his face was also covered with black ash, which he had just gotten when he was fighting a fire in the soldiers.

"The embers inside are not extinguished, the house may collapse at any time, don't go!" Chen Youcong blocked.

"Nope! I'm going to find Master! Zhang Weizhao said with a crying voice.

Chen Youcong grabbed her stubbornly: "There will be soldiers who will go in to search and rescue, they are better than you, you will only cause chaos for everyone if you go in like this!" ”

Zhang Weizhao trembled all over, and forcibly endured the anxiety and waited where.

Time has become extraordinarily viscous. Every minute and every second is extremely torturous for Zhang Weizhao.

I don't know how long it took, she finally saw that two soldiers walked out of the fire carrying a person with a bed board, Zhang Weizhao flew over, but was hugged by Chen Youcong from behind.

The figure on the bed board had been charred black, and it was only from the appearance that the deceased must have been very tall when he died.

He was hunched up, with a small body in his arms.

"Master! Master! Zhang Weizhao shouted loudly and wept loudly. But there was no more of the old man's hearty voice to answer her.

When the rescued children heard the shout, they began to cry. Mr. Qiu and Mr. Li also wept profusely.

The smoke is steaming, and the ashes are scattered.

The full moon in the sky was still bright and clear, unconsciously shining on the vast earth.