275. Burning the homeland
Looking at the past, you should be able to think, see or hear that when the third prince Ye entered Beijing to catch the exam, the figure of Xiao Xiao who slowly left the northern foot of Wudang Mountain; Then you must also be able to remember, looking at the harmless and gradually small figure of the third prince, the faint poetry floating in the nest of Wudang Mountain:
Yu'er went to Manshanwo from afar, and said in the hall of the empty family.
There are few things to do outside the garden, and there are many family things in the house.
Everything has come to naught, and the sky is unwilling.
There is no way in the world, don't think about the Buddha.
The agency has not yet been decided, and the difference between one move and one move is in ruins.
Who could have predicted what would happen in the future, how would he make a fire in the future?
So far, the wealth has been washed away, and the family has been ruined.
What happened to the descendants of the Yahweh family? More details later.
This is exactly what the poem is shown to you at the end of "34, the Three Manifestations of the Devil" and the beginning of "35, Undecided".
Wretched! Alas! Lamentable! Miserably! Cry! It's a shame! Pity! Since the third prince Ye harmless failed in the test, he has never returned to his homeland. This may be because he was overly worried and felt even more shameless to return to his hometown, so he decided to study abroad to prepare for the exam next year. It was at that time that a series of disasters and blows threatened to kill him. The destruction of "Wan Baoyu", Chen Jiannan's many difficulties, the insidious conspiracy of the "Four Evildoers", the loss of the Beijing Trial, the robbery of Shi Xiaomei, the evil words of Shi Jinfa hurting people, the tombstone of Qiu Tianting, and the sudden death of Master Cao...... It is with these questions, with a heart of seeking revenge and hatred, and with the feeling of recovering what he has lost, that Ye Wuwu is determined to ignore his homeland, determined to break through all doubts and pains, determined to find Chen Jiannan to get back his beloved things and loved ones, and is even more determined not to sink for the past and collapse, he will show his face on the day of the martial arts test in the capital, until he faces the killers of the rivers and lakes - Ali Yekuer, "Yanshan Lang Demon", Fashen Old Buddha...... The reason why this is the case, the reason why there are so many events that tear people's hearts are entwined in the hearts of Ye Wuwu, he is blindly unwilling to go home, let alone what has happened in his homeland, nor does he expect that the Ye family manor has been, and will be, in a precarious situation. So that when he returned to his hometown, he could no longer find the wide and tall courtyard of the Yejia Manor, no longer see a relative in his home, and no longer see a single flower, grass and tree in the past. At that time, the Yejia manor in front of him was only the ruins and rubble of the fire that shocked him, until it had been transformed into a sea in an instant...... He has truly become a "three cats" who are in the rivers and lakes and whose lives are difficult to protect.
However, at this time, the third prince who was far away in the capital was harmless, but he was far from knowing what happened to him that made him grief-stricken. This is exactly "who could have predicted what would happen in the future, how would he make a fire one day?" So far, the wealth has been washed away, and the family has been ruined. At this time, the third prince Ye is walking on the avenue of the capital, and he is about to face everything he has to face......
However, yes harmless but has no way of knowing that the "fire" that came suddenly after the homeland was "undecided" has been quietly destined by "heaven" to be above tonight.
However, it was still noon on August 12, and who would have the "innate eye" to see the signs of that night? The "other day" expressed in that poem is only two months away from today's "today", and it has come ruthlessly and unjustly......
This may be "providential", a coincidental "providence of the wicked". Even the "lying on the ground" Ximen Ba, who was accustomed to using the technique of "robbing while the fire was burning", did not know why the fire started, so that when the third prince Ye was looking for his roots and hatred, this "lying on the ground without a shadow" Ximen Ba, who did not set fire but had the motive to set fire and "refueled while the fire was fueled", was also killed by him angrily beheaded. This is, of course, an afterthought, and I don't need to go into detail here.
Looking at this night alone, I saw that the moon was hanging in the treetops, and no one was quiet everywhere. However, the "lying on the ground without a shadow" Ximen Ba had already led the soldiers to lurk outside the back wall of the Yejia Manor on the orders of Gu Xitian.
At this time, Ximen Ba saw that the time had come, and was about to order his men to set fire, but something unexpected happened-I saw that the northwest corner of the backyard of the Ye family manor suddenly burst into flames, and the surrounding area was brightly reflected!
"Woohoo! Wow wow! The two dogs in the backyard of the Yah's house barked at the fire. The three cats also hid in panic.
"Hah! Ha! God help me! Seeing Ximen Ba, he couldn't help but smile gloatingly, "Yejiazhuang is already spontaneously combusting." ”
"Three masters!" One of his subordinates asked Ximenba, "Then do we still set fire?" ”
"Not yet!" Ximen Ba still said smugly, "You see, this Yejiazhuang is burning by itself, but we didn't do it ourselves, we just need to sit and watch the fire." Hahaha......"
Looking at the situation at this time, a hurricane blew in the northwest direction of the sky, blowing the fire in the backyard of the Yejia Manor into the wind. Gradually, the huge fire has hit the two-story wooden building in the backyard and the bamboo pavilion around the wooden building. All of a sudden, the Yejia manor was full of flames and wolf smoke. The crowd that rushed to fight the fire was already noisy, and the sound reached the ears of the dog of Ximen Ba, who was "lying on the ground without a shadow".
"Listen!" I saw Simon Ba order to his men, "If you see that the fire is about to be extinguished, throw torches at that side!" Do you hear that? ”
"Yes!"
Let's say that Kang Zhonghan, the head of the Ye family, who had rested in the "Flying Dragon Inn" in the front yard, suddenly woke up from his dream by the sound of "firefighting", he hurriedly rolled up from the bed, and ran to the corridor on the top floor to look at the backyard where the fire was rising.
"Ahh …… The old lady's wooden building is on fire! Kang Zhonghan saw very clearly that the place where the fire was raging was the wooden building where Old Lady Ye and Old Lady Tian lived. And the wooden building that spanned the east-west direction of the backyard of the Ye family had already been buried in the flames.
"Ahh I saw Kang Zhonghan shouting urgently, so he jumped into the front yard from the second floor of the inn and rushed to the fire site. ……
"Have you seen the old lady?" I saw that Kang Zhonghan was already in the chaos and asked the servants one by one. However, all the answers from the servants disappointed him.
"Go fetch water to put out the fire!" At this time, Kang Zhonghan inquired about the whereabouts of the old lady and ordered all the servants to hurry up and put out the fire.
At this time, Kang Zhonghan finally saw groups of girls and maids standing in one place crying and shouting around Mrs. Tian and the eldest wife, second wife and third wife of the eldest son. They saw that the corner towers and ear rooms around the wooden building had also been ignited one by one, but what could they do? It's just that the crying is even more ear-piercing and shocking.
So, Kang Zhonghan pushed aside the crowd of people who came and went to put out the fire, and asked them in a loud voice: "Have you seen the old lady?!" ……”
"Oops! The old man hasn't come out yet! This fire is going to burn the wooden building, burn it-" I saw that the old lady Tian cried and cried even more sadly, "God! You're okay! Don't let the fire burn - don't burn it......"
Besides, Kang Zhonghan heard the cry of the old lady Tian, and persuaded loudly: "Don't worry, old lady, we will definitely put out the fire!" I'll go to the building to find the old lady! ”
After speaking, Kang Zhonghan flew into the raging flames. "Woohoo! Wow wow! The two dogs, Xiao Huang and Xiao Hua in the backyard, barked at Kang Zhonghan.
All of a sudden, Kang Zhonghan braved the fire and smoked, ran from the first floor to the second floor, and found the study from the old lady's bedroom, until he searched all the rooms, but he still couldn't find a trace of the old lady. However, Kang Zhonghan was still not at ease, and from time to time he used his charred palm to pick up the collapsed door and fire stick, hoping to save the old lady Ye who might have fainted in the flames. However, his hair, clothes, and the soles of his shoes had been burned by the raging fire, but Kang Zhonghan still endured the burning pain of the fire and smoke, and desperately searched for it; Gradually, Kang Zhonghan could no longer bear the pain of burning all over his body, and suddenly fell into the fire.
"Ahh I can't just die! The old lady hasn't found it yet! As the head of the Ye family for many years, how could I be burned to death by fire in such a daze? What's more, when I go, how can I be worthy of the old and young of the Ye family, and how can I be worthy of the second son who is entrusted with me? ……”
"Ahh So, Kang Zhonghan struggled to hold on to the burning wooden railing and wanted to jump off the railing. However, only a "click" was heard, and Kang Zhonghan went downstairs with a fire......
"Throw the torch south!" I saw Ximen Ba order to his subordinates, "There is also a bamboo forest, a garden, and a few wooden buildings in the south, let them all burn one after another for me!" The bigger the burn, the better! We want to live forever in the midst of a raging fire! Hahaha......"
So, under the command of Ximenba, another burst of torches flew into the raging fire. Suddenly, the fire suddenly increased again. With the howling northwesterly winds, the fire soon spread rapidly to the south. The fiery sound of "crackling" has long been covered by the wild shouting "Fight the fire!" Voice. Looking at the Ye family manor, the old and young of the Ye family in the backyard have already been forced to retreat to the middle courtyard by the raging fire. However, even though the firefighting crowd poured buckets and basins of water into the flames, it was almost useless, and it still couldn't stop the fire in the wind from whirring towards the south courtyard......
The relentless fire is still burning passionately, and the relentless north wind is still howling passionately. Seeing that the entire Yejia Manor was about to be completely buried in the flames. However, the inhumane Ximen Ba and his ilk are still standing outside the Ye family's courtyard to cheer on the fire and sigh happily! This is exactly what it is: the wind is also merciless and the fire is ruthless, and the wicked are even more benign. Even if water and fire are incompatible, the water is rising in the anti-restraint. The poor man has the will to put out the fire, but the heavens have no intention of extinguishing the fire. There are unpredictable storms and clouds in the sky, and the wind and fire and the high moon are not the scene!