The place where the fire broke out was in Zhuangkou. Shijia pastry shop, I don't know how the fire started, the fire was actually several zhang high, illuminating the entire Qianzhuang.

The fire was very large, and the weather was dry, and if one was not good, it could spread to other houses at any time, so the patrol people ran to put out the fire, and the tenants, shops and others in the former village also ran to help.

Wen Yi woke up when she heard someone shouting for fire. Hearing the He family's report that it was the fire in the former Zhuang Shijia shop, she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Since the time when the stone shopkeeper warned in the middle of the night, he was ridiculed by some people as "making a fuss", and he has been uncomfortable in his heart. In addition, the Gu clan in the village was on guard and night patrol later, he was worried that something would really happen, and he felt that he had ruined the bandits' calculations, for fear of retaliation, so he simply took his family and went to his relatives in the city. Before leaving, he locked the shop and the courtyard, and no one was there at night, so how the fire burned was really puzzling.

Wen Yi remembered the last time when the stone shopkeeper gave a warning in the middle of the night. The pile of footprints left by Zhuangkou, the heart beat faster and faster, so he ordered: "Call the porter to see if the door is locked, and then take a heavy object against the door panel, and don't open the door until dawn!" The people in all the courtyards also cheered up, paying attention to the walls, and the back door and side doors were all watchful! As he spoke, he got dressed and got out of bed.

Zi Su stood outside Duobao, tightened the small clothes she was wearing on her body, and was a little frightened: "Miss, is there something wrong...... Qiuguo pulled her out: "Go back and get dressed, and then go to the back door and the side door to pass the word, I'll go to the gatehouse!" ”

Dong Que silently waited for Wen Yi to dress, and took the dresser again. Wen Yi has been careful these days, so she didn't break her hair before going to bed, and at this time, she only took two hairpins to tie up her long hair, and didn't rub powder, but just asked Dong Kui: "Where are those ties we sewn a few days ago?" ”

Tomhock turned around and took the coat out of the suitcase. This was made only two days ago. Wen Yi was deeply impressed by her life as a tourist nun before her rebirth, and the coarse cloth with four large pockets she carried with her at that time was a more convenient tool than a baggage. She silently packed the various title deeds, house deeds, papers, silver tickets, and jewelry locked in the bride in several half-old ebony boxes, locked them all, and put them in the hitch.

After doing this, she looked at the last locked drawer of the makeup dowry, paused in her hand, and looked back at the hollyhock.

Tomallow has been silently helping to load things, and has not said anything. Seeing her look over, he asked in a low voice, "Miss." Do you want to pack two pieces of clothing? ”

Wen Yi nodded: "If you want to make cloth, old clothes are the best, narrow sleeves, and the skirt is not too long, so it is easy to walk." ”

Dong Que looked at Wen Yi's honey-colored homely half-used Luo shirt, bean green pleated cloth skirt, and an old cloth shoe with no embroidery on her feet, nodded knowingly, and pulled Xiuzhu out to pack her clothes.

At this time, Wen Yi opened the small drawer, took out the hairpin sent by Liu Dongxing from it, held it in his hand, hesitated for a while, found a small whetstone for sharpening scissors, and sharpened the tip of the hairpin for a while, it seemed to be sharper, and tried it, but he was still not satisfied. But the footsteps of Dong Milk were already heard outside, and she hurriedly picked up a handkerchief, wrapped the hairpin, and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket.

The things were packed up, just waiting for the letter from outside to come in. Wen Yi sat quietly at the table. Listening to the voices of the people at the Zhuangkou fire extinguishing place, and watching the candle flame dimming little by little, I suddenly felt that the summer night was actually very long.

Zi Su ran in quickly: "Miss, the old lady has gotten up, and she has already led people to the front, let the slave maid come and invite Miss!" ”

Wen Yi got up quickly: "There's news outside?!" Zi Su shook his head: "Qianzhuang is still fighting the fire, I heard that it has burned near Sister Zi Ying's house...... Wen Yi frowned, and then heard Qiu Guo rush into the hospital to make an urgent report: "Miss!" Miss! Zhuang Shang has entered the thief! ”

Wen Yi's heart jumped, and she hurriedly grabbed her and asked, "What's the matter?!" Qiu Guo was a little frightened between his eyebrows, and replied breathlessly: "It's Uncle Qian...... He saw through the crack in the door...... Many people quietly surrounded the back door of Xuanle Hall...... It was dark and I couldn't see clearly, and I didn't know who it was, but those people seemed to have knives in their hands......" Shiso and Xiuzhu both gasped, and Dong Lai covered his mouth.

Wen Yi tried to calm down as much as possible, and ordered, "Bring all your things!" Let's go to the front yard! Dong Lai immediately turned around to get a coat, and Zi Su and the others also took their own things, and followed Wen Yi to the front yard together.

Under the eaves of the main hall in the front yard, Mrs. Lu sat on a chair with a grim expression, and when she saw her granddaughter arrive, her eyebrows eased slightly, and she said in a low voice: "It's good to come, let's see the situation, if we have to go, we have to go through the back door." ”

Wen Yi also whispered to An, and said, "I'm afraid the back door is not very peaceful...... Isn't the long house surrounded by the back door? ”

Old Madam Lu sighed, turned her head and ordered: "The moonlight is dim, and I can't see clearly through the crack in the door." Tell Lao Qian to climb the ladder and go up the wall to see again! ”

Uncle Qian responded in a low voice, Zhong Maolin moved a wooden ladder over, leaned against the side of the gate, and the former climbed up, cautiously poked his head out, and looked around.

The long room Xuanle Hall is located in the middle of the first row of the nine main houses, the back door is facing a big road, and the gate of the six rooms of the Xuanhe Hall is west of this road, looking from the gate of the six rooms, it is only twenty or thirty zhang away from the back door of the long house, by the fire of the front village, and the dim candlelight from the lanterns in front of each house, you can vaguely see many figures. Uncle Qian gasped, turned to the right-hand side again, and found that under the dark wooden wall closest to Xuanhe Hall, the lantern was swaying in the wind, and several figures were dangling under the lamp, but they couldn't see who it was. He quickly retracted his head, took a deep breath, and then poked his head out again, only to see one of the figures running towards the long room, and then several men carrying a long ladder moved in from outside the wall. Obviously, they were going to the back door of the long house, and there were more and more dark shadows gathered at the back door.

Uncle Qian secretly said that it was not good, and immediately rolled down the ladder and reported what he saw to Mrs. Lu. When Mrs. Lu heard that those people came in from the wooden wall closest to her house, her face turned pale, and she hurriedly asked, "Are you sure where they came from?!" Didn't we confirm it after dark and lock it?! Wen Yi also stared nervously at Uncle Qian waiting for an answer. But Shisu, who was following her, couldn't help crying.

Dong Que grabbed Shiso and dragged her back, scolding her in a low voice: "Why are you crying at this time?!" Shut up! Zi Su choked and said, "Isn't Lian Shun responsible for guarding that door?" Will something happen......" Dong Kui stomped his feet secretly: "He's just afraid that he is still fighting the fire in Qianzhuang, what do you have to cry?!" ”

Wen Yi glared back at them, and Dong Lai hurriedly covered Shiso's mouth. Only then did the former turn around and hear Uncle Qian saying, "The little one really confirmed." It's locked, but for some reason, it's open! The little trance heard the tenth master of the fifth room shouting and scolding outside, maybe he came back from outside, and was blocked, and the people of their family opened the lock! ”

The house of the five-room Xuanshou Hall is on the edge of the six-room Xuanhe Hall, and there is a small house with a side branch in the middle, and the access road is the same as the six-room. The male owner of his family, Mr. Gu Shi, has always liked to drink and have fun with his friends, and often comes back from outside in the middle of the night, and Mrs. Ten is a cowardly and never dares to persuade him. These wooden walls on the village hindered him the most, so he jumped the most happily in the matter of tearing down the walls, and never let people lock the door when he usually went in and out. As soon as Wen Yi heard Uncle Qian's words, she knew that there were at least eight points of truth.

If Gu Zhuang was really robbed tonight, it was also caused by some Gu clan people! Wen Yi secretly scolded Uncle Ten a few words in her heart, and recited a word of Buddha before asking her grandmother: "What now?" Most of those people are going to climb the ladder and climb the wall to get in, and the people in the long house don't seem to notice, should we warn them? ”

Old Madam Lu sneered: "Warning? Everyone surrounded the back door, and the people inside didn't hear any movement, and they didn't know if they were sleeping dead or drunk! Why should we warn us?! Having said that, she still had no choice but to order Zhong Maolin: "Shout loudly, you can't watch them suffer!" ”

Zhong Maolin ran to climb the ladder, and Uncle Qian pushed two more boxes from the gatehouse to block the door. Wen Yi's heart sank, and she was a little out of breath, her hands clutched her sleeves tightly, and she clearly felt the hard and slender hairpin under her fingertips.

The sixth room is different from other families, although there have been a lot of servants added over the years, but there are more women and fewer men, except for Uncle Zhang and his wife who are stationed in Xishan Zhuangzi, and Lin Lao 2 and his wife who take care of their grandmother and mother Xitian, there are only four male servants in the family: housekeeper Zhong Maolin, concierge Uncle Qian, coachman Guo Qingxi and Changsui Lin Lianshun. Now the latter two because they are young and strong, they have been sent to patrol the village, and they are on duty tonight, and I am afraid that they are fighting the fire in the former village at this time. There are only two male servants left in the family, Zhong Da and Uncle Qian, as well as Guo Qingxi's eight-year-old son...... The others are all girls, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. If it is because of the warning and the thieves are attracted, how can this family of old, small, and weak and weak rely on this thin door panel alone? But if you don't warn, don't say that you can't get over righteousness, just say that after the thief touched into Xuanle Hall and harmed people, he left his hands free, how could he let go of the sixth room? ! If you can't escape this catastrophe, it's better to alarm the Zhuang Shangren and others early, just hoping that they can drive the thieves out. It's a pity that the former village is too lively, I don't know if I can hear it?

"Catch a thief—there is a thief—" Zhong Maolin's loud voice resounded in the night sky, alarming the entire Houzhuang, several nearby houses were soon lit up, and several people ran over quickly under the black wooden wall, Zhong Maolin hurriedly shrank his head, but refused to get down the ladder, only shouted: "Quickly block the gate!" Then he looked again, and saw that the people under the back door of the long house had already erected a long ladder, and even a figure had climbed halfway, and when he heard a warning, he quickened his speed, but in a snap of his fingers, he had already climbed into the wall.

Old Madam Lu listened to Zhongda's return, and her face was as white as paper. Wen Yi heard someone slamming the door outside, and hurriedly supported her in fear: "Grandmother, please go to the back door quickly!" It's dangerous here! Then, without waiting for her to reply, they half-helped and half-pushed her to the rear, but they had only turned and walked a few paces when they heard a scream outside, followed by the sound of weapons fighting.

Old Madam Lu stopped, and Shi Nan screamed and asked, "Dad! What's going on out there?! Zhong Maolin shouted on the wall in surprise: "Someone has come out of the back door of the long house!" It's a few officers and soldiers! They drove the thief out of the ......" Before he finished speaking, a big knife flew towards him, he was startled, retracted his head, and his feet were unstable, and the whole person fell down the ladder, so frightened that Shi Nan exclaimed: "Dad! Zhong Niangzi quickly grabbed it, helped her husband up, and was relieved to see that he was fine.

The knife landed in the middle of the front yard, smashing a small hole in the blue brick floor. Wen Yi took a few deep breaths and said in a trembling voice: "Grandmother, let's avoid the back first......" At this time, there were a few screams from outside the door, followed by a muffled snort, and then someone shouted: "Thief An dare to do this!" There were screams, followed by a few screams.

Wen Yi's heart was shocked, and she recognized that it was Liu Dongxing's voice, and immediately came out of nowhere to have the courage, rushed down the steps, threw herself on the door, and looked out through the crack in the door. Before he could see it clearly, there was a flower in front of him, and someone was kicked to the door, and hit the door panel, making a heavy noise, and even the lantern under the eaves was knocked down, and the fire burned the skin of the person, and emitted a pungent smell, and the thief screamed and rolled before extinguishing the fire on his clothes.

Wen Yi took a step back, and saw a silver light flashing in the crack of the door, and a figure swaying in the silver light, so she pounced on it again. Old Madam Lu exclaimed: "Nine girls! "I couldn't stop her. I saw a crowd surging outside the door, and more than a dozen people surrounded a cyan figure, all covered in blood. The cyan figure turned around, illuminating half of his face by the light of the fire in front of the door, and Wen Yi covered his mouth violently, swallowing his scream.

Under the firelight, Liu Dongxing's forehead was bleeding, his hair was a little messy, and his eyes were awe-inspiring. He was wearing a robe of Yuan Green Flower Satin, but the front hem had already been tucked up at his waist to facilitate his movement. He held a long sword in his right hand, the body of the sword was silver and white, there was not a trace of blood, but the front placket was stained with a large area of jet black. At his feet, there were already seven or eight people lying sideways, not moving, not knowing whether they were alive or dead. The dozen or so people around him all glared at him with fierce eyes, and their eyes were almost on fire.

Wen Yi trembled when she saw it, and she didn't dare to come out, suddenly, she felt that Liu Dongxing seemed to look at her, and the bandit behind him moved, raised a big knife and slashed at him, which scared her to exclaim, but before the words fell, Liu Dongxing slashed across with a backhand sword, slashing the bandit's knife away, and then with a sword in his hand, there was already a blood mark on the bandit's neck, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.

Another bandit cried out in grief: "Big brother! Then he brought his knife and slashed it, and the others rushed up to him. Liu Dongxing raised his sword and fell, and in a few rounds, he had already slashed them all under the sword, and the heavy smell of blood spread instantly.

Wen Yi only felt that her feet were weak, and her body was tilted back, and she was helped, and when she looked back, it was a winter sunflower. Dong Que asked in a low voice, "Is it Young Master Liu?" Wen Yi nodded, straightened up and stood firmly, and heard Liu Dongxing's mellow voice outside: "Sixth old lady, ninth cousin, I am the eastbound of the Liu family, are you okay?" ”