Chapter 269 What do you think?
The wind was strong and the fire was fierce. In an instant, the window frames caught fire and the Korean paper was burned to ashes, engulfed in a sea of fire.
The room was filled with smoke and the temperature rose sharply.
Shen Zhilan couldn't stand the burn of the fire. She followed Jiang Yuzhu's instructions and covered her mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief. She couldn't open her eyes because of the thick smoke.
She opened her mouth, but found that her lips were trembling and she couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Shen Zhilan secretly hated herself for being incompetent. Thinking of the reassurance pill, she calmed down a little, slapped herself to wake up, and said clearly: "Cousin, the table under the window is on fire, and my husband and I are half a meter away from the table!"
"My husband is unconscious and can't move!"
Shen Zhilan was worried that Jiang Yuzhu couldn't hear her, so she shouted at the top of her voice.
She used too much force and her chest was shaking and hurting. Despite such a loud noise, Mo Qianyu kept her eyes and eyebrows tightly closed and showed no reaction.
Jiang Yuzhu went to the main room, estimated the distance, and raised her voice and said, "Cousin, please retreat to the bed first, away from the window and door!"
There is a water cellar in the general's mansion, but there is not much water in it.
The fire came unexpectedly and tung oil was sprinkled on it, making it even more difficult to put out.
In this situation, protecting the house is secondary, saving lives is the most important thing.
"You and General Mo lie on the ground and don't stand up!"
After a fire occurs, high-temperature smoke and ash will float in the air, with relatively less on the ground.
It would take time to break into the house through the door and window. Jiang Yuzhu was worried that the couple would be choked by the smoke and dust, so she gave them a special warning.
Shen Zhilan's consciousness was in a daze. She wanted to respond but she only felt a black screen in front of her eyes, and then she knew nothing.
Before she fell into coma, she held Mo Qianyu's hand tightly, and she felt safe and satisfied in her heart.
After being reborn, Shen Zhilan understood that she couldn't rely on others for her life, but after she realized this, she found that she still couldn't become strong.
Shen Zhilan trusts Jiang Yuzhu more than herself.
"cousin?"
Jiang Yuzhu became even more anxious as she didn't get a response for a long time.
After Huang Dali and Huang Xiaomei brought the water tank, Jiang Yuzhu finally calmed down a little and said thankfully: "Dali, Xiaomei, you are really great!"
While the other servants used basins and buckets to fetch water, the brother and sister used water jugs directly.
After two tanks of water were poured in, the windows were charred and the fire was reduced.
"Bang!"
There was another sound, and the pillars in the room collapsed and the area near the door collapsed.
Just when Jiang Yuzhu was about to speak, Huang Dali had already jumped into the window nimbly with the water tank on his back.
Huang Xiaomei immediately stood by the window and half-squatted.
In just a brief moment, Mo Qianyu flew out of the window first, spinning in the air, and Huang Xiaomei caught him steadily without any effort.
"My cousin is pregnant and can't stand the torture!"
Jiang Yuzhu's eyelids twitched, and she had to admit that this was the quickest way to get out.
"Ma'am, no, there's a fire again!"
The strong wind blew the flames towards the window frame.
When these woods come into contact with fire, the remaining sparks inside will be ignited, and the fire will return to its previous intensity.
Shen Zhilan didn't come out, and Huang Dali was still in the room.
Jiang Yuzhu rubbed her eyebrows, feeling anxious.
Huang Xiaomei put Mo Qianyu down, walked to the front door and said, "Madam, don't worry, this servant and I both have experience."
In the past, when the village chief’s house caught fire, it was the brother and sister who worked together to rescue people.
As if to confirm Huang Xiaomei's words, something moved at the door soon and a large vat rolled out of the room.
Next, Huang Dali poked his head out of the vat, and there was the unconscious Shen Zhilan.
The fire woke up the people living nearby, and they all came to help with carts filled with water.
There is strength in numbers. Within half an hour, everyone in the general's mansion was rescued and temporarily settled in Jiang Yuzhu's mansion.
Although the people were rescued, the fire could not be contained and continued to burn for several hours.
By the time the city defense forces and the people worked together to put out the fire, the General's Mansion had become a ruin, and even the neighboring mansions were affected.
Hong Xiu turned back, holding a person in her hand, but unfortunately it was not a living person, but a corpse.
"Madam, it is my fault that I have failed to do my job well."
Hong Xiu chased after it relentlessly, and when she was about to catch up with the man, the black shadow suddenly stopped.
The black shadow narrowed his eyes and said to Hong Xiu: "Do you want to ask about the mastermind behind this?"
"If you tell the truth, I may spare your life."
Hong Xiu confronted the black shadow, and it was obvious that the black shadow was no match for her.
Just as Hong Xiu was about to arrest someone, the black shadow laughed disdainfully, "I was one step behind in chess. If I fell into Xie Zhao's hands, I would have no chance of survival. I would have been worse off than dead. Do you think I'm a fool just because I've been discovered?"
"As for the master behind this, you really want to know, right? What do you think?"
He teased Hong Xiu in a relaxed tone, and the black shadow suddenly opened his eyes wide, black blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and then he fell straight to the ground.
Hong Xiu said in annoyance: "Madam, he committed suicide by taking poison!"
"I shouldn't have wasted my time talking. I should have brought the person back directly!"
As long as you hand the person over to the master, he will definitely find a way to pry open his mouth.
Now the clue is gone and all the work has been in vain.
After Hongxiu finished speaking, she lowered her head in shame. It was all her fault in the end.
Jiang Yuzhu stared at the body, put on gloves to check it, and then said gently: "Hong Xiu, this matter is not your fault."
There was a poison sac hidden in the black shadow's mouth, and it was obvious that he had prepared a retreat route.
Even if the person is in Xie Zhao's hands, the black shadow will commit suicide as long as he gets the chance.
"Yan Lin is awake, let's go back to the mansion and check the situation first."
Jiang Yuzhu kicked the black shadow. If it had not been discovered in time, all the people in the general's mansion would have been buried in the sea of fire.
Is there such a plot in the original book?
Jiang Yuzhu couldn't remember, because after she entered the book, many plots changed naturally.
At the mansion, Yan Lin was taking Mo Qianyu's pulse with a frown on his face.
Upon learning that he was almost burned to death in a fire, Yan Lin was shocked at first, and then felt scared.
He had no recollection of how he got drunk or how he was rescued from the fire.
Jiang Yuzhu's lips were dry and cracked. She moistened them with a handkerchief and asked, "Doctor Yan, how is General Mo?"
After rescuing the man, Jiang Yuzhu had done a quick check and found that Mo Qianyu had not inhaled much cigarette ash.
He has been in a coma, and I'm afraid it's related to the food and alcohol.
Yan Lin was dazed for a moment, and replied: "At the banquet last night, General Mo toasted everyone one by one and drank a whole jar of wine."
All the servants in the mansion, including the guards, except for the pregnant Shen Zhilan, drank at least one bowl of sorghum liquor.
Yan Lin suspected that there was something wrong with the drink and that someone had drugged him in advance.
The powder mixed with the wine had a strong aftereffect, so the fire started before dawn while everyone in the mansion was fast asleep.
Thinking of this, Yan Lin felt a chill down his spine and cold sweat on his forehead. He just wanted to have a New Year's Eve dinner, but he almost lost his life!
"Young General Mo's pulse is stable. He will wake up in about two hours."
Yan Lin had already checked the pulses of all the servants who were awake. He hesitated and said, "It's just..."
"Just what? Tell me now!"
Jiang Yuzhu glanced at Yan Lin's hesitant expression, put down the teacup, and her expression became serious again.
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