Everyone was around the pavilion admiring the full moon, and suddenly a red light filled the sky red, Xu Yu, who didn't feel it at first, immediately woke up to what was going on, and the red in the dark night was particularly terrifying.

There was a howl outside, and then the shouts of the people became more and more and more loud, and gradually boiled. It's just that because of the distance, I can't hear what I'm shouting, so that the girls who have experienced this kind of thing for the first time are stunned, Xu Xuan's legs are weak, and he sits on the ground with his buttocks, Xu Yu can't help but feel a little at a loss.

In the pavilion, Xiao Shi hurriedly asked the women's team to stop the drum music and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The maids screamed, "Madam, it seems that there is a fire outside." ”

Xiao Shi and Mu Ningxue were suddenly surprised, and hurriedly walked out to look, and saw that the southeast corner revealed the firelight, dyeing the night sky red, and clusters of sparks scurrying straight up.

Xiao Shi lost color and said: "It's not good, it's not far, I'm afraid it's not our family who has gone to water." Go and ask a few people. ”

However, the younger maids were so frightened that they trembled, and most of the older ones had no masters. In the end, the older wives were much calmer, and ran over seven or eight, and soon someone ran over and replied: "The little guy on the garden gate said that the East Mansion has gone to the water, and this time the old man has taken someone to fight the fire, and the door of the house is wide open, allowing relatives and people to hide in." The lord also ordered the guards and housekeepers to maintain it, but the garden doors of the inner house were all locked, and those who tried to take advantage of the chaos to get in were killed! ”

"I see." Xiao nodded, his expression calmed down, he was not afraid of anything with his son, of course, he still had to worry about it.

Because most of the buildings are wooden structures, often a fire and the wind to help the fire, the consequences are really unimaginable, but fortunately, the pavilion is located in the middle of the water, which can be basically unhindered.

The southeast was so frightening that a few young girls cried as if they were contagious. Many girls cried, and even adults were concerned about their relatives over there, and for a while they made a mess in the green pavilion.

Xiao Shi and Mu Ningxue kept comforting them, so that most people finally stopped crying. Mu Ningxue said: "It's so chaotic outside, and the little guy's words can't be accurate." Since the garden gate is locked, no one can get out, so why don't I accompany my wife to Tianfeng Tower to see, what is the burning place? ”

"It's fine." Xiao agreed, instead of suffering at the bottom of the mountain, it was better to go up the mountain to see what was going on.

I think the Xu family is not short of manpower, and money is also something outside the body. The most important thing in the face of the disaster is to save the lives of the whole family, the garden is full of women, and going out at this pass is also adding to the chaos, so Xiao chose to brake quietly.

At that moment, Xiao Yushi was supporting his wife, Xu Yu was supporting his mother, and Zhu Mingzhi and Xu Yunsu were very courageous, holding hands with each other and following out. Mu Lanxiang thought about it and took the initiative to stay with Yingchun Fangchun to stabilize people's hearts.

Mu Ningxue looked back and saw that Zhu Ruizhu and the other girls were so frightened that they were huddled in a pile and couldn't move. So he said: "Yu'er, you also stay with you, Mingzhi is weak, stay too, take care of the young." ”

At present, the three generations of women of the Xu family hurriedly went up the hillside. Stepping on the stone steps, you can hear the crackling sound of burning, and when you reach the Tianfeng Tower, the whole building is reflected red by the firelight. It's like daylight.

Xiao secretly complained, went up to the third floor and looked at the fire in the southeast, and the bottom of the mountain was like a pot of red charcoal. Smoke billowed and fiery snake-like flames scurried everywhere.

If you look closely, it seems to be the back of the main courtyard of the East Mansion, and there are flames along the east end, surrounding half of the East Mansion, and from time to time there is the sound of the house collapsing, which makes people palpitate.

With such a big fire, I couldn't hear anyone's voice at all, and I didn't know what the casualties were, so I could only see many people standing on the houses in Dongfu fighting the fire from a distance, and there were several water dragons spraying in the air, but it felt like a drop in the bucket and to no avail.

Seeing is believing, Xiao Shi, Mu Ningxue and others were all shocked when they saw it, and subconsciously remembered the blessing of the Buddha and the blessing of the ancestors. Xiao's legs even trembled, and he said hurriedly: "Quickly send someone to pick up the eldest lady and them, in case there are three long and two short, what can I do!" ”

"Mother, you sit down first." Mu Ningxue helped her wife sit down, turned around and sent someone.

The people in the building were all panicked, looking at each other, and everyone had a deep sense of fear that they were powerless to return to the sky, so that no one could say a word. Not to mention a group of ancient women, even in similar situations in modern times, ordinary people have no way, and no one is superhuman.

The only thing that comforts Xiao and others is that after all, Xu Hao is at home, and many people will be mobilized to save Wang and other relatives, as for the homeland, if it is burned, it will be burned, what else can I do?

Xiao Shi, who was reciting Amitabha, smiled bitterly and said, "Why did you let our family catch up?" Is there any unworthy offspring who has done iniquity outside? Alas! ”

Because the guards were not allowed to open the gate of the garden, the people sent out returned in vain, Mu Ningxue had no choice but to say softly: "Mother, this kind of thing is inevitable after all, any one has a negligence?" ”

"What's the matter with this burning down your home?" Xiao Shi smiled bitterly, "That's it, let's go back to the countryside when it's dawn, I just hope that it won't hurt our family's vitality, and bless my sister-in-law and them all safe." ”

About two hours passed in this kind of fear and torment, Xu Yunsu looked at the fire and gradually went down, and shouted, "Okay! All right! It's okay! It's okay! ”

Xiao Shi and the others didn't seem to hear it, they were all staring blankly at the fire over there, and suddenly whining palms from all directions, and when the crackling Taiping gong resounded through the world, the big guy finally let go of his heart.

The sun had risen quietly unconsciously, the moon had not yet set, and when it was half light and half dark, Xiao was surprised to find that the East Mansion was almost intact, and said happily: "Let's go down and tell us good news, I don't know what the children are anxious about." ”

So they helped each other down the mountain, and suddenly the flower farmer ran over with a few small servants, and said: "It was the fire in the private houses outside the Dongfu wall, which burned the big kitchen of the Dongfu and some houses against the wall.

The lord sent a message, please rest assured, there is no loss of anything in our house and Xifu, the officials who rushed to fight the fire have come to greet them, and they are in chaos, please sit in the garden for a while, the garden gate is still locked for fear of miscellaneous people mixing in. ”

Xiao Shi was even more relieved, and his face completely improved. When I arrived at the Sei Cui Pavilion, most of the lanterns in the corridors were extinguished by themselves, and the whole garden was quiet.

The mother-in-law and the woman whispered on the shore, and the girls and actresses on the bridge were huddled together, some of them fell asleep in the arms of their companions, and some of them were timid whimpering and sobbing in low voices.

When they saw their wives and others coming in, they all shouted, "All right! The wife is back. ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "It's okay, I only burned the big kitchen, and the fire will weaken this time." ”

Xu Yu, who was standing on the periphery, said: "The flower farmer has just come, so don't worry about anything else." It's just that Sister Ruizhu and Sister Akemi were frightened. ”

At a glance, sure enough, the second daughter was paralyzed in the arms of her sisters, crying like tears, Xiao had no choice but to hold Zhu Mingmei in her arms and coax her, Mu Ningxue also comforted Zhu Ruizhu, and Zhu Mingzhi, who was forced to calm himself, was in the worst health, and his heart was always panicked, and the whole person was trembling, but he was holding on.

Xiao said: "Let's go back to sleep, big guys." Each yard is guarded in case of accidents. ”

One after another, the maids helped the girls to go, Xu Yu knew that Zhu Mingzhi couldn't stand it, and asked Qingyun and Yunning to accompany him. He also instructed people to follow Lan Xiang. He himself was afraid to go away because his wife was there.

There are also some people such as Xu Yunsu and Xu Yunyu who are reluctant to leave, and Xiao Shi didn't say anything at this pass. There are also those who remember their relatives in Dongfu, clamoring to go over and take a look. As a result, the garden gate was still locked, and Xu Hao's guards would not open the door even if you were his wife. Trespassers are killed on the spot, unless there is an order from Xu Hao.

The people outside couldn't get in, and the people inside couldn't get out, so they ran back to beg Mrs. Madame, but even Xiao and Mu Ningxue couldn't speak, so far, these women who grew up in the courtyard of the deep mansion can be regarded as having learned at a critical moment, and no one in the family should disobey the master's order.

Xicui Pavilion, the women looked haggard, the rooster crowed in the distance, and the red light in the southeast became more and more invisible. The moon fell in the west, the sky in the east was white, and the wind from the water brought the fragrance of lotus flowers.

It happened that Yingchun and Lanchun sent two boxes of clothes, and Zhu Mingzhi and Mu Lanxiang also instructed the maid to bring their clothes, and the big guy hurriedly put them on to keep warm.

Soon the sky was completely bright, the sun drove away the cold but could not drive away the sleepiness and hunger, the people who had not slept all night were hungry, and did not wait for the people to go to the kitchen to make a fire to cook, the little girls in the courtyard of the garden carried food boxes and came to send snacks to everyone, so they ate some indiscriminately, cooked a large pot of ginger soup on the spot, and drank it separately.

At this time, the little girl of Jieshoutang ran in and shouted at the bridge: "The garden gate is open, please go back!" ”

"Alright, let's go back."

At that moment, Xiao was supported by Mu Ningxue, did not forget to sort out the hair, and led a group of women to walk over slowly, as if the people were waiting to open the city gate. Feeling full of emotion, there were many family members waiting outside, greeting in unison, and there was a sense of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

Xiao Shi went to Dongfu first, and after passing the alley, he saw that the ground was full of water all the way, and the surrounding environment was a mess, but he could still feel the hot breath coming to his face, and he could imagine the scorching heat and danger of last night.

Xu Qingtang and Xu Zengfu, Xu Wen, Xu Hai, Xu Song, Xu Hu, Xu Ye, Xu Rong and other old and young masters of their own families were all disgraced, standing and talking in a pavilion, seeing Xiao Shi and Mu Ningxue coming, the juniors hurriedly came over and asked! Please! Xu Yu and the others asked the elders to say goodbye.

Xu Wen said: "It's so dangerous, almost burned down the whole house, fortunately, when the mansion was repaired, the third brother said that the fire prevention, not to let the house too close, and in order to prevent theft, built two layers of lanes, water dragon water tank or something is sufficient." Second aunt, are you frightened? Fortunately, Yu'er had Yu'er's birthday yesterday, and most of the women were not here, otherwise they didn't know what the chaos would be, and where would they be able to do something. ”

Xiao asked, "Say it's a house outside the wall?" ”

"Not really." Xu Wen pointed to the wall, "You see, even the innermost courtyard wall has cracked." Feed! Go away, don't keep standing there and fall down carefully! Madam, you better go back, the children are tired, my mother's house is in a mess, let's stay with you these days. ”

"That's nature." Xiao Shi hurriedly said: "Zhengyuan is mostly free, and I can't wronged your mother." Alright, let's go, don't mess with it here. ”

Xu Song and Xu Hai's brothers sent the second wife and sister-in-law and others out, Xu Wen waved his hand to Xu Yu and Xu Xuan who stayed in place, "You two children also go to sleep, and you can't do anything serious." ”

Mu Ningxue searched for a long time, but she didn't see her husband, and she couldn't ask at this time, so she called her two sons over and helped her wife go back. (To be continued......)