Chapter 41: An Obsession
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"There is no need to save it, the whole place is sprinkled with brimstone, and water cannot be extinguished. All out of the station, far away! Gu Changming shouted at the people behind him in a hurry, once the fire spreads, it is too easy for dozens of people to escape together.
Seeing that he was distracted, the four of them slapped his vital points with their palms. didn't wait for Gu Changming to dodge, took advantage of that gap and slipped away.
Gu Changming heard a miserable scream from the person who was the first to be put on the ground, and the short arrow was thrown away, stabbing straight to the vital part of the throat. Yishui's ruthless character knew that his accomplices on the ground were injured and couldn't escape, so he simply killed people and killed them.
With two choices in front of you, do you continue to chase the murderer, or stay to help save people? Gu Changming's footsteps paused slightly, turned around and rushed into the post station.
This was no ordinary fire, the brimstone burned at a moment's notice, burning merrily against the circulating air, and crackling from time to time. What's even more ruthless is that on the stairs on the second floor, the handrails burned the most. On the second floor, some of the fast-legged people had already come down to flee for their lives, and with a bang, the stairs on both sides collapsed almost at the same time, flames splashed everywhere, and the clothes that were standing closer were lit, and all kinds of exclamations and screams were heard for a while.
"Did the third princess go downstairs?" Pei Yonglun appeared in sight and asked Gu Changming directly.
Gu Changming helped the two people on the ground take off their coats and threw them out of the door, the dexterity of their wrists seemed to be thrown high, but they fell gently. He looked left and right, there was no Qi Sheng, but so many people ran out in time just now, it should be Qi Sheng's credit, the senior brother's martial arts are very good, and there is absolutely no problem with self-preservation.
"The third princess should still be upstairs, I asked someone to pick her up, but she didn't show up." Gu Changming knew that the third princess had Liu Zhuxue and the little phoenix by her side, and she shouldn't have delayed it for so long, unless something else happened.
"I'll evacuate the people first, and the priceless things." Pei Yonglun gave two orders, and his subordinates, who were originally in chaos, seemed to have found the backbone, calmed down again, and divided into three squads, saving people and people, and moving goods, "Integrate all the horses and pull them to a farther place." Don't let the horse team be frightened, otherwise it will be difficult to control. ”
Gu Changming looked up at the empty corridor with the fence burned to the ground, and the three of them were obviously still trapped in the house, unable to get out.
"I'm going to take them down." Gu Changming went around from the main entrance, found the back window of the post station, and determined which one the third princess lived in. The windows were closed, and the room was pitch black, and even a figure could not be seen clearly. The noise around me was so loud that I couldn't hear any movement in the house.
Gu Changming was afraid of change, so he didn't wait much, picked up the hem of his clothes, jumped up, stepped on his feet left and right, and walked up against the wall. With a slam of his elbow outward, he knocked the window open, and put his other hand on the windowsill, just about to enter. Suddenly, he smelled an eerie aroma that could not even hide the strong smell of sulfur. Although I held my breath in time, I inevitably inhaled a small part.
In front of him, there should have been pure black without lights, but now he saw a large patch of color, constantly changing and deforming. At the same time, the fingers that grasped the window frame were numb, and I could barely stabilize my body.
Gu Changming was sure that the third princess's house was drugged, and if he withdrew again at this time and found a way to re-enter, I am afraid it would be too late. He could already feel the heat rolling outside the window, but it was just a door. He switched to his hands, grabbed the window frames on both sides, and jumped in, his feet just landed, and the aroma was even more obvious, affecting his eyesight.
In this case, Gu Changming easily did not dare to speak, for fear that he would fall down first before he could find out the person. No wonder the little phoenix is such a clever person, quietly and silently tricked, thinking that it was a large amount of aroma inhaled as soon as he entered the door, and he couldn't call for help.
The heat was even more scorching, and the light source in front of Gu Changming's eyes was already chaotically crowded, and he could only rely on his general sense of direction to approach the location of the door. I tripped over something under my feet. He squatted down and roughly touched the other party's hand, his left hand was soft, and his right hand was slightly calloused, which was a characteristic of Liu Zhuxue's perennial sword practice.
Gu Changming half-dragged the person to the window, and returned to find the third princess, the two of them breathed steadily, as if they were asleep. I touched the circle for the third time, but I didn't find the little phoenix.
Suddenly, there was another bang, Gu Changming subconsciously turned sideways, and there was a loud noise in his ears, and the flames finally broke through the barrier of the door and spread wantonly.
Gu Changming felt that his whole body was hot, and the flames seemed to be omnipresent, and he was about to burn and melt the soles of his feet. Afraid that he would not be able to save even those two, he gritted his teeth and returned to the windowsill, grabbed one with one hand, and flew off the windowsill to the ground. His feet touched the ground, and his whole body instantly lost his strength, but fortunately he was supported by Dai Guozi who was waiting from the side.
Dai Guozi had never seen Gu Changming who was so embarrassed, his head and face were black and gray, and his eyes seemed to be injured and he had lost his sense of direction.
"Call the doctor in the family delivery team, quick!" After Gu Changming finished shouting these words, he sat down on the spot, concentrating on breathing, and found that the true qi in his body was condensed and did not move, as if he was wrapped in that aroma and could not function normally. However, his body did not reject this lazy feeling, he tried to draw out a trace of extremely fine true qi, and kept piercing from outside this layer of wrapping, trying to guide the true qi out, and the true qi was devoured, and the whole body was like a sharp pain like a pinprick.
Dai Guozi hurriedly went over to find the doctor, the doctor was also discouraged, and when he saw that it was the third princess who was injured, he was so frightened that his soul was about to die, and he called someone to move someone to a quieter corner to diagnose her.
"Where's the little phoenix? Where did the little phoenix go? Dai Guozi saw Gu Changming suddenly open his eyes, his eyes were gloomy, and he unconsciously took a step back, "Did she run to save others?" ”
A large piece of it burned above his head, Gu Changming scooped up the fruit and sent it to a safe location: "I didn't find her, I fell into a secret trick as soon as I entered, and I couldn't see anything, so I could only save the two of them first." ”
"It's all collapsed, you didn't get her out! Hey, where are you going! Dai Guozi saw Gu Changming go to the main gate again, and quickly turned his head to look at the two people lying flat in the corner of the outer wall, and still followed.
"I'll get her out." Gu Changming looked up and saw that the entire post station had been burned into a huge fireball.
Dai Guozi's face was burned by the fire, and he stammered for a rare time: "This, how can you go in to save people?" ”
"She's not in that room." Gu Changming thought about it repeatedly, he had already walked to the door of the house at that time, searched all the surroundings, and never found the little phoenix. Either she sensed the poisoning and retreated and blended into the crowd, or someone took her away first.
"Are you sure?" Dai Guozi was so fast that he wanted to slap himself, if Gu Changming was not sure, it would be tantamount to admitting that the little phoenix was burned to death.
"I'm sure I feel like she's okay." Gu Changming's face gradually softened, "Has everyone come out, have you asked Master Pei to count the number of people?" ”
"It's counted." Pei Yonglun's clothes didn't know where the hook was torn in half, and he walked over from behind without any care, "There is no shortage of one on my side, and it is not clear on the side of the Liao envoys." The officials and men of the inn were there, and they lived downstairs and fled faster. ”
"Guozi, you stay, what you need can be explained to Master Pei. After the third princess sobers up, don't stimulate her anymore. "Gu Changming still doesn't give up looking for the little phoenix, she's fine, she'll definitely be fine. He repeated these two sentences over and over again, and it became an obsession.
"What's wrong with him?" Pei Yonglun was stunned and watched Gu Changming walk away, "The third princess has been rescued, those dowries are fine, and our losses are very small." ”
"One less of our companions." Dai Guozi was also uncomfortable in his heart, what happened to the third princess, even if he didn't count Gu Changming, in his heart, the little phoenix was also a more important existence than the third princess, "She went into the house to save the third princess first, and then didn't come out." ”
Pei Yonglun's tongue was knotted, and half of the sky was almost burned red, even Jin Luo Daxian couldn't escape. He remembered the girl, slender and light, with very bright eyes, which was trapped inside, alive and ...... He shuddered, not daring to continue thinking.
"The third princess and Miss Liu, who was sent by the emperor to the princess, were handed over to Lord Pei to take care of first." Dai Guozi said in his heart that he couldn't let Gu Changming go to the little phoenix alone. If you find it, it doesn't matter if you work hard, if you can't find it, depending on Changming's character, I'm afraid something big will happen.
Gu Changming went to the family send-off team first, and asked one by one if he had seen the little phoenix, but those people had just returned to their souls, and none of them could say clearly. He didn't give up, and went to Xiao Zheng's side again.
The envoys of the Liao State were also tortured. The tall entourage who had always been by Xiao Zheng's side, didn't even have time to put on his coat, and at this moment, the cold wind outside blew, and the iron-beaten man trembled.
"Is the prince of Changming here to count the number of people?" Xiao Zheng's appearance was slightly better, only the hem of his clothes was stained with smoke and dust.
"There's no news from a young woman who was traveling with us, I'll come over to see if I've broken into you by mistake." Gu Changming saw Xiao Zheng's face turn blue, and knew that he had misunderstood, "It's not Miss Liu, it's another one." ”
Xiao Zheng exhaled a sigh of relief: "We only have one cook here who made the mistake in the family delivery team, and he has already gone back there just now." I didn't see the girl who went in and out with you. He was afraid that Gu Changming would not believe it, so he turned his head behind him and asked, "Have you ever seen a Song girl who is about seventeen or eighteen years old?" ”
Gu Changming didn't find any clues, and he couldn't help but doubt his judgment and waver. He immediately pinched his leg with his fingers, the little phoenix has always been alert, even if he falls into a secret move, he will definitely leave a way out for himself at the moment of fainting.
He can escape with two unconscious ones, and the little phoenix must be able to do the same.
Dai Guozi chased after him again: "Gu Changming, someone may have saved the little phoenix, because he is also gone." ”
Gu Changming had a kind of abruptness that the authorities were fascinated by the bystanders, and the fruit was talking about senior brother Qi Sheng. At that time, he said that Senior Brother Qing called out everyone on the first floor, and although the fire was burning from the first floor upwards, the second floor was burned faster.
Now, everyone on the first floor escaped safely, where did the senior brother go?
"Will your senior brother detoxify, if he will, he happened to meet the poisoned little phoenix, maybe he took people to a safe place to detoxify, do you think this is possible?" It is rare for Dai Guozi to be so calm, in other words, if the person who disappeared in the fire was Liu Zhuxue, he might be even more out of control than Gu Changming.