Chapter 18: The Fire Rises
"Bang, Bang ......"
There was more drumming on Xuanwu Street, and it was the third watch. A crescent moon hangs in the sky, looking at the hustle and bustle of the receding lanterns, and slowly falling into the silent Dingjing City late at night.
Out of the Xuanwu Gate, the east gate of the imperial city, is Xuanwu Street, and the Mansion of the Eldest Princess of Anguo is located in the middle of Xuanwu Street.
The eldest princess of Anguo was originally Princess Baozhu, and Emperor Qinglong were both born by Emperor Xianmingde and Empress Xianchun'an.
Empress Chun'an and Emperor Mingde are childhood sweethearts and have a deep relationship. As soon as the eldest daughter Zhao Jinlingfu was born, she was named Princess Baozhu, and two years later, the eldest son Zhao Jinying was born, and she was directly named the crown prince.
Emperor Mingde is the king of a country, although in order to balance the court to the harem to recruit beauties, but has always only loved Queen Chun'an, and Queen Chun'an is kind-hearted, but there is no lack of means, Emperor Mingde's harem is in his hands.
Parents are affectionate, and Zhao Jinling and Zhao Jinying have had a very good relationship since childhood. Zhao Jinying is even after inheriting the throne, crowning the imperial sister Zhao Jinling as the eldest princess of Anguo, giving the hereditary fief Suzhou Mansion, after the birth of his niece Cheng Nishang, he crossed the title of the county lord and directly named him Princess Zhaohua, and then Princess Zhaohua married the general Lie Zheng, and the daughter Lieyun was born to Emperor Qinglong, the emperor's uncle and grandfather, as the super Feiyun county lord.
Today is the death day of the eldest princess of Anguo, and as in previous years, Princess Zhaohua Cheng Nishang brought her young daughter Feiyun County Lord Lieyun to pay tribute to her biological mother. The ritual had been completed during the day, and at this time it was even more exposed, and the house was silent.
Lie Yun, who was lying on the bed, quietly opened his eyes, sat up slowly, stepped lightly over the side of the bed and stepped on the sleeping maid, groped and grabbed the cloak that he deliberately took off from the side of the bed when he went to bed, put on soft-soled embroidered shoes, and walked out of the door of the wing room silently.
Closing the door, Lieyun shivered, and quickly put on his cloak, it was really cold in the autumn night.
At this time, a dark cloud moved, covering the already thin moon, and the lanterns in the courtyard, which were not very bright, were a little darker at this time, and Lieyun felt a little strange, why did he come back this year to pay tribute to his grandmother, and the lights in this house were less and darker than in previous years.
However, thinking that he had more important things to do, Lieyun quickly threw this bit out of his mind. Although it was dark in front of him, Lie Yun seemed to know the layout and route of the eldest princess's mansion by heart, and walked out of the courtyard where he lived, turning around, and walking towards the lotus lake behind the mansion.
After that incident, the eldest princess moved back to the eldest princess's mansion to live alone, only Cheng Nishang and Lie Yun often came to visit the house, and except for her own daughter and granddaughter, other eldest princesses generally did not summon her. And now the eldest princess has been dead for two years, and there is no one else except for the attendants who stayed behind to take care of the mansion. At this time, everyone in the mansion fell asleep, so Lieyun just walked all the way and never covered his figure.
Unbeknownst to you, tonight is destined to be an uneven night.
Lieyun went all the way to the Lotus Lake, but she didn't know that when she slipped out of her courtyard, several dark shadows also slipped into the eldest princess's mansion.
Passing through the courtyard and around the rockery, just as he was about to step onto the white marble bridge leading to the small pavilion in the center of the lotus lake, Lieyun inadvertently glanced back, which made Lieyun almost turn into the lake, how could he see two black shadows?
Lieyun rubbed his eyes and looked again, but there was nothing left. I think it's because I don't sleep at night, and I'm dazzled.
But when Lieyun climbed to the highest point in the middle of the bridge, he finally realized that something was wrong, and there was a faint fire in the big kitchen of the house.
Something happened, something must have happened!
Lieyun ran off the bridge and ran to the Ronghua Courtyard where his mother Cheng Nishang lived.
Fang Caiyun passed through the house, and also passed by the big kitchen, everywhere he went was dark, and there was no sound, besides, even if the big kitchen was open for cooking, it was impossible to have this kind of fire that seemed to be burning like something!
Mother, don't have an accident, wait for Yun'er, Yun'er will protect you, Yun'er promised Daddy to protect you, Yun'er can't let Daddy down!
Lie Yun frantically moved his legs, at this time he only regretted, why did his grandmother give him no internal strength in martial arts, otherwise a few leaps would have arrived in his mother's courtyard a long time ago!
While running, Lieyun saw that not only the big kitchen, but also the rest of the mansion, including the Qingteng Courtyard where he lived, were all lit up, this is someone who wants to burn the entire eldest princess's mansion, and burn her mother and herself!
I saw Ronghuayuan from a distance, Ronghuayuan was still in the dark, and there was no fire, and it seemed that the thieves had not yet arrived. Lie Yun was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw two black shadows tumbling into the courtyard.
Lie Yun's eyes were about to split, and only then did he remember that there was such a big movement in the mansion, not to mention the subordinates who stayed in the princess's mansion, why didn't they even react at all from his mother and the Jingwei he brought from the Lie family?
But time is no longer enough for people to think about, Lieyun blew into the Ronghua Courtyard where Cheng Nishang lived like the wind, and happened to see the two black shadows that had turned into the courtyard before sprinkling something around the house.
When the two black shadows saw someone suddenly appear in the courtyard, they were all shocked, and turned their faces to see that the person who came was the Feiyun County Lord Lieyun, who was personally sealed by Emperor Qinglong, but they didn't pay attention to it and greeted him.
The two black shadows were holding a playful posture, but they didn't expect that Lieyun's move was both tricky and vicious, and they actually made a move to kill someone, and the two of them were almost taken advantage of, and they had to use all their strength to deal with it.
Lieyun was worried about his mother Cheng Nishang, and because of his small strength, he was becoming more and more difficult to fight the enemy. You might as well suddenly hear a voice from inside the house and a short exclamation from your mother, and the screams will stop as soon as they come out, as if they have been choked out by life.
Lie Yun was worried, trying his best to get rid of the two, but suddenly he felt as if there was a fire burning in his body, and his mind began to surge, as if there was a strong force to drag him away from these two black shadows, leave his mother's courtyard, and leave the eldest princess's mansion. The more anxious Lieyun was to get rid of the dark shadow and go into the house to see his mother, the more this force dragged Lieyun back.
"No, no, let go of me, I'm going to save my mother, let go of me!" Seeing that the two dark shadows were getting blurred more and more in the dark night, everything in the mother's courtyard and the eldest princess's mansion was rapidly receding away from herself, "Why, why did you pull me away, why didn't you let me save my mother!" Lieyun finally screamed, tears streaming out of his eyes.
Just when Lie Yun felt that he was going to be devastated, a dull pain suddenly came from the Divine Court Acupoint on his head.
When Lieyun opened his eyes, he saw two faces full of worry and anxiety, Mo Ju and Cui Zhu.
Feeling that his face was wet, Lieyun raised his hand to wipe it, and his hands were full of tears.
Cuizhu carefully helped Lieyun sit up, and Mo Ju poured a cup of warm tea and fed Lieyun to drink.
Looking at the two pairs of worried eyes in front of him, Lie Yun smiled reluctantly, "What time is it?" When he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was a little hoarse.
"It's just past the hour." Mo Ju replied, "County Lord, are you just having a nightmare?" ”
Lieyun was silent for a moment, "It's not a nightmare, I just found a memory of myself." ”
"So, what memories did the county lord retrieve? Why did you cry so sadly and even despair in the end? Cuizhu asked worriedly.
"Three years ago, my mother took me back to the memory of the eldest princess's mansion." Speaking of the word "mother", Lieyun's voice could not hide the pain.
Cuizhu and Mo Ju glanced at each other, not knowing whether to ask again, but Lieyun took the initiative to continue.
"In my memory, I saw that someone deliberately set fire to the eldest princess's mansion that night, to be unfavorable to me and my mother. I rushed to my mother's yard, but I happened to collide with the thief, and when I was fighting with the thief, I heard my mother's scream, I knew that my mother was still alive at that time, and I wanted to go into the house to save my mother, but the more I tried my best, the more I couldn't get half a step closer to the house, but there was a strong force to pull me out of my mother's yard and out of the eldest princess's mansion. Why, why don't you let me save my mother? Why? In the end, Lieyun used the strength of the dream to fight with the black shadow, and tightly grasped Cuizhu's arm, with an angry and helpless expression on his face.