As soon as Shen Yuan ran down the stairs, she heard the sound of someone chasing her from behind.
She grabbed the wine jug from the table and poured it onto the burning gauze curtain that had fallen to the ground. The flames, which were almost extinguished, immediately reignited, blocking those who wanted to chase after her.
"Fire! Everyone run!"
Shen Yuan shouted, and the already chaotic crowd became even more disorderly. Everyone rushed to run out the door. Shen Yuan mingled in the crowd but did not rush to run outside. She pulled off the peony flower from her hair, tied her clothes tightly, and ran against the current, turning her back to the crowd as she ran inside.
Shen Yuan ran into the backyard.
According to Li Luoxue, the abducted girls are all kept in the backyard. She went to the backyard yesterday to check and found out that there are quite a few children there.
Her goal tonight wasn't to burn down the entire Drunken Spring Pavilion, since she knew she couldn't do it alone. So her initial plan was just to burn down one room and create chaos.
What she really needed to do was take advantage of the chaos to release all the abducted little girls.
The guards in the backyard carried buckets of water to the front to put out the fire, while Shen Yuan, holding a dagger, easily opened the woodshed where the girls were being held.
The girls in the woodshed looked up blankly when they saw Shen Yuan. Having been locked up for so long, their reactions had become sluggish. They stared at Shen Yuan in a daze, as if they didn't understand what was going on.
Shen Yuan shouted, "Get up! Let's go outside!"
Upon hearing the word "go outside," the children's eyes lit up, as if they had finally regained their senses. One by one, they got up from the ground and ran outside.
"I want to go out! I want to go home! I want to go home!"
The girls who had been locked in the woodshed all ran out in a swarm.
Shen Yuan sheathed her dagger and turned to follow the children, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed. She turned to look, and there it was—
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