Chapter Seventy-Three: The Camp Fires
"He's always dressed in green." Xu Suhua suddenly stopped talking, and lowered his head again.
"Xiao Minglang?" Said indifferently. The enthusiasm just now dissipated in an instant.
Xu Suhua nodded shyly, pulled the painting face and said, "I know that you have a very good relationship with the third prince, and Xiao Gongzi is a friend of the third prince. So I thought, can you help me learn more about Xiao Gongzi. ”
"This ......" Hua Yan was shocked by the sudden news, and looked at Xu Suhua with an expectant face, she nodded unconsciously.
"Really? Great, thank you, Yan'er. Xu Suhua jumped happily with his face in his arms.
The painting smiled unnaturally, but his heart was entangled.
At this time, a thick puff of smoke gushed out of nowhere, and instantly enveloped the tent, making it impossible for people to breathe.
"Oh no, there's a fire!" Hua Yan reacted immediately, poured the tea in the cup on the handkerchief, and handed it to Xu Suhua, "Cover your nose and mouth with this wet handkerchief, and you won't be choked when you breathe." Let's get out of here. ”
In less than half a minute, the smoke had spread into all the air inside the tent, and a raging fire had surged in from the weakest point of the tent, blocking the way out.
The situation was urgent, Hua Yan grabbed Xu Suhua's hand from the chaos, and took her to the direction of the weak fire, and was about to walk out of the camp, but she tripped over something, and Hua Yan fell to the ground. As she was about to get back to her feet, a piercing pain came from her right foot, causing her to fall again. She let go of Xu Suhua's hand and shouted at her, "You go out first, and I'll come later." ”
Xu Suhua heard her voice, but when she turned around, she couldn't see her figure, and shouted anxiously: "Yan'er, where are you?" ”
Hua Yan knew that it was useless to shout like this, so she stretched out her hand and groped for an object from her side, vaguely aimed at the direction where Xu Suhua was, and threw it at her, hitting her popliteal fossa, and making her jump out of the camp surrounded by fire.
Seeing that Xu Suhua had escaped safely, Huayan tried to stand up slowly again. The smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and she could barely breathe, but after only two steps, she couldn't hold on and fainted.
In a coma, she vaguely felt a person walking in front of her and picked her up, "Minglang? Hua Yan asked unconsciously.
Liu Che'er was putting a quilt on Huayan's body, and suddenly heard her call "Minglang" and stood for a moment, and finally took her out of the tent safely.
"Yan'er, wake up."
Huayan woke up from the haze and looked carefully at the people around him, "Lord Wang? You saved me? She was surprised.
Xu Suhua carefully wiped the black smoke on her face with a wet handkerchief, and couldn't help crying: "Yan'er, you finally woke up." ”
Liu Che'er helped Huayan to sit up, "Fortunately, I was nearby just now, and I heard Miss Xu's shout, so I came over." You've sprained your foot and need to recuperate. ”
Hua Yan nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving me." ”
"Yan'er, why do you have to thank me, you saved me at the beginning, and I should save you this time." Liu Che'er suddenly changed his lively demeanor and said in a low voice.
Hua Yan didn't pay attention, just looked at the crowd next to him, "Is there a fire over there?" She suddenly looked around nervously, "What about Father and Shenglan?" Where are they? ”
Liu Che'er gently pressed the painting face and said gently: "Don't worry, they are all fine, Sheng Lan has gone to take care of the painting master, they are with my father." ”
"It's okay." Huayan exhaled softly.
"It's just that this fire started strangely, only the two tents connected to you were burned, and everything else was fine." Liu Che'er doubted.
Hua Yan also looked in the direction he was directing, "Whose tent is next to me?" ”
"It's the dwelling of the maids in the palace."
"Help me to take a look." Huayan held Liu Che'er and Xu Suhua's hands and walked over slowly.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Well, it's much better. Thank you for saving me. ”
Hua Yan casually looked at the two people who were talking, and immediately froze in place.
"Yan'er, are you uncomfortable? The face is so pale. Xu Suhua saw the strange appearance of the painting and asked with concern.
Liu Che'er looked in the direction where the painting was looking, "Brother Lang, are you here too?" He asked, surprised.
Xiao Minglang turned around and saw that it was Liu Che'er, so he leaned over and saluted: "Lord Wang." ”
Lin Yunrou on the side also stepped forward and bowed and said, "Yunrou has seen the prince." ”
"Why is Miss Lin here?" Liu Che'er asked even more surprised.
Huayan's heart sank, it turned out that he was going to save Lin Yunrou, did he care about her so much?
"I brought her here." Liu Yifu suddenly walked over and continued: "I invited Miss Lin to perform to cheer up. Any questions? ”
Liu Che'er hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Brother Chen didn't dare, Brother Chen just suddenly saw Miss Lin appear here, because he was curious, so he asked more." ”
"Miss Wanrou, there is a fire here, so please stay in the tent next to me." After Liu Yifu finished speaking, he glanced at the people around him, and turned around and motioned for Lin Yunrou to leave with him.
"Thank you for your care." Lin Yunrou turned around and smiled sweetly at Xiao Minglang and Liu Che'er, and when she turned around, she suddenly saw Huayan looking at Xiao Minglang with a lonely expression, and suddenly realized something in her heart, so she left quietly.
Liu Che'er immediately instructed the girls to sort out a clean camp tent for Huayan to rest, and arranged for the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Huayan. Painting Xia Shan and Sheng Lan also rushed back from Liu Yu to visit. The painting Yan who was still immersed in the picture just now was like water, and let them fiddle with it.
Xiao Minglang did not notice the abnormality of the painting, and returned to the palace with Liu Che'er and others to restore his life.
Liu Yu said angrily to the officials in charge of logistics under the hall: "Under your nose, there is a fire, what are you doing?!" ”
Nie Feng resolutely stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, it is all the improper supervision of the micro-ministers, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”
Liu Yu squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, then said loosely: "You can't be blamed for this matter, the guarantee of peripheral security is enough for you to worry about." He suddenly pointed to the group of civil officials below and said, "But you, since you don't need to carry a gun to kill the enemy, can't you even do internal affairs?" ”
"The emperor is angry." The officials in the hall knelt on the ground one after another.
Mrs. Zhang on the right seat cautiously persuaded: "The emperor can only condemn those who have been derelict in their duties, and don't hurt their bodies in anger." ”
Wang Meiren, who was standing in the hall, wanted to come forward to comfort, but the words came to her mouth and swallowed again.
Xiao Minglang stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister found an oil tank outside the camp tent where there was a fire, and there were traces of oil around the camp tent. Wechen suspected that someone had deliberately set the fire. ”
Liu Yu, who lost his temper, seemed to be in a better mood, and his flushed face slowly returned to calm, "Who dares to set fire to the garrison?" ”
"Wechen doesn't know yet."
"Minglang will leave this matter to you to investigate, and the manpower will be deployed by you to find out what caused the fire."
"Yes." Xiao Minglang took the order to retreat.
After a whole night, everyone dispersed again, and the night was fine.
Early the next morning, Xiao Minglang came to the tent outside the tent of Huayan, and wanted to go in to visit, but he hesitated.
In fact, when the fire just ignited last night, Xiao Minglang hurriedly rushed over, how did he know that all the camps were very similar, he only roughly knew where Huayan was, and the situation was urgent, so he went to the wrong camp, and happened to meet Lin Yunrou, so he brought her out together. Who knew that this scene was actually seen by Huayan, which caused her to have a misunderstanding. The two went around in circles, but they always passed by.
But all this is unbeknownst to Yanyan, and she is still immersed in her loss.
Xiao Minglang didn't muster up the courage to knock on the door and go in the end, it was not only a door that hindered him, but also his brotherhood for Liu Che'er. He clearly understood that Liu Che'er likes to paint faces. And he couldn't really understand his heart, he couldn't just break in with it. He took out the bag containing the apricot blossoms that he had carried with him, and remembered the woman he had met in the Forgotten Dust Building, and he knew that he had given all his heart to her at that time. But when he knew that the woman was Lin Yunrou, he felt a sense of loss in his heart.
"Young Master Xiao?" Xu Suhua walked over.
Xiao Minglang put the bag away again, turned around and said, "Miss Xu." ”
"What is Young Master Xiao doing here?" Xu Suhua smiled sweetly.
Xiao Minglang lowered his head and said in a little panic: "The emperor ordered me to review the fire last night, and I came here to check it out." ”
Xu Suhua smiled gracefully, "Is Xiao Gongzi lost?" The tent where the fire broke out was not here. ”
Xiao Minglang looked around and said unnaturally: "The tents here are too similar, Xiao didn't notice it for a while. Thank you, Miss Xu, for the reminder. Leave. ”
After speaking, Xiao Minglang bowed slightly to Xu Suhua and walked towards the camp tent that caught fire last night.
Xu Suhua watched him go away, his eyes were full of tenderness, until he couldn't see his figure at all, and then he turned around and entered the tent of Huayan. Seeing that Huayan hadn't woken up yet, he repeatedly told Sheng Lan Haosheng to take care of her young lady, and sat for a while before leaving.
Until noon, Liu Xinnan also came to visit Huayan's residence.
Huayan hurriedly got up to greet him, "Huayan greets the princess." ”
Liu Xinnan jumped to Huayan's side and helped her to sit down again, "Sister Yan'er, you and I don't have to be polite." Are your legs better? ”
Hua Yan smiled reluctantly: "Thank you princess for your concern, it's already much better, and you will be able to completely go to the ground in a few days." ”
Liu Xinnan sat on the side of Huayan's bed, looking a little sad, she was secretly thinking about how to please Huayan to relieve the pain of her leg injury. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she turned to the maid beside her and said, "Go and get my album." ”
"Yes." The maid took the order and walked out.
The maid carefully took out the album from the princess's tent, but on the way to her life, she accidentally fell, and the album was all spilled on the ground, but fortunately there was no damage, and she immediately got up and picked it up.
"Sister, I'll help you." Lin Yunrou, who was not far away, came over and helped pick up the drawing paper on the ground.
The girl thanked her repeatedly, "Thank you, sister." Luckily, the paper wasn't damaged, otherwise I would have been beaten to death by the princess. ”
"This is a princess drawing?" Lin Yunrou picked up a portrait, looked at it carefully, suddenly noticed something, and said in shock: "Isn't this a painting?" Her face ......"
The girl came over when she heard the voice, and immediately shook her head and said, "How can this be Miss Painting, sister, you must have seen it wrong." The princess is still waiting for me, so I'll go first. ”
Lin Wanrou still wanted to defend herself, but she didn't have a chance, so the girl took the painting from Lin Wanrou's hand and left in a hurry.
Liu Xinnan took the album handed over by the maid, put it behind his back, and said mysteriously to Huayan: "Sister, what good things do you guess I brought you?" ”
Hua Yan put down the water glass and asked with a helpless smile, "What is it?" ”
Liu Xinnan took out the album, turned a page, put it in the hand of the painter, and said happily: "This is the portrait I painted for my sister that night, and I gave it to my sister as a souvenir." ”
"When did you draw it?" Hua Yan took the album and looked down carefully.
The paper depicts a woman flying under the moonlit sky, while next to her stands a handsome boy playing a flute.