Chapter 1934 Despair
On the other side, in the lobby, Ye Zheng and Nada were still discussing some minor issues when suddenly, several personal guards guarding outside became chaotic.
Immediately afterwards, Ying Shao strode in from outside.
Zhu Feng frowned.
Although their conversation was no longer afraid of being overheard, his imperial guards should have obeyed orders completely and had not yet been allowed in. Why did Ying Shao come back on his own initiative?
Even Ye Zheng's face darkened. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ying Shao standing at the door. He bowed to them and said, "Sir, there's a fire outside."
"What?"
When Ye Zheng heard this, he immediately stood up from his seat.
Omri also hurriedly relayed this to the envoy Nadab. Suddenly, all the envoys from the Parthian Empire panicked and hurriedly stood up, asking, "What's going on?"
"Is there any danger?"
"Where should we go?"
At this time, Zhu Feng took a step forward.
Although there was a fire, Ying Shao did not panic. He just asked a few personal guards to guard outside to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos. He took a look, then turned back to the special envoys and said, "Everyone, please be patient."
“…”
"I'll go out and take a look."
After saying that, he was about to walk out.
"Hey! Emperor——"
When Ye Zheng saw that he was about to go out, he immediately became anxious and reached out to grab his sleeve. He was about to say something, but when he met Zhu Feng's gaze, he swallowed the rest of his words.
He just said, "It's dangerous outside, you can't go!"
Omri stood aside and watched them quietly.
Zhu Feng said, "Don't worry, sir. I'll go out and check it out and will be back soon."
“…”
"Please, my lord, and the other envoys, do not be frightened."
After saying that, he turned and walked out.
Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Ye Zheng saw that there was a fire outside and he didn't know what was going on. He hurriedly said to Ying Shao, "Follow him immediately. Let's see what's going on."
"yes."
Ying Shao didn't even wait for his instructions, and immediately turned around and followed Zhu Feng out.
Zhu Feng walked out, and several of his personal soldiers did not dare to speak. Looking at the flames and thick smoke outside, they realized that something was wrong. The workers of the Lianxin Guild Hall who had been ordered by them to serve downstairs all ran out at this time.
Yelling outside.
"The fire is coming! The fire is coming!"
"What's going on? Why is there something on the river—"
"Put out the fire!"
The chaotic noises outside made the people outside the fire even more anxious and irritable.
Zhu Feng walked over. The courtyard they were in was surrounded by high walls. Only a few green bamboos could be vaguely seen sticking out of the wall, swaying in the firelight. The gate was locked, which was a preparation they had made in advance to avoid being disturbed.
He was about to go forward to open the gate, but the guards on both sides hurriedly stopped him.
"Your Majesty, no!"
He hesitated for a moment, looked at the towering flames outside, and did not open the door immediately. Instead, he reached out and touched the iron nail on the door frame, and immediately retracted his hand because of the burn.
“Hmm!”
The iron nails had actually been scorching hot from the fire outside.
It's so hot, it looks like the fire has already reached the door.
At this time, even if the door was opened, they couldn't get out, and instead would bring the fire in. Ying Shao and the others immediately stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty——"
Zhu Feng raised his hand to stop them from continuing: "It's okay."
"What should we do?"
"Go in immediately, take Ye Zheng and the members of the special envoy group and move them to the back."
"Your Majesty, what about you?"
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At this time, all the workers under the Lianxin Hall had already run over.
However, faced with this manor surrounded by fire, they were helpless and could only rush to get water to put out the fire.
but--
The fire is on the river!
How could such a fire be put out with buckets of water?
Seeing that the situation was not right, Yun Xiang, who had already run across the bridge, looked at the growing fire and suddenly burst into tears. He hurriedly grabbed those people and said, "Hurry up and put out the fire. Why are you not moving?"
The workers also said: "There is nothing we can do!"
"Who knew that fire is not afraid of water?"
Yun thought, "But my young master is still in there, you have to rescue them!"
"How can we save him?"
Those people were also panicked.
This fire was different from an ordinary fire. It spread at the speed of the river, fast and fierce. Just now, when Yun wanted to come over the bridge, there was only a little flame under the stone bridge, but now, the entire stone bridge has been completely engulfed in flames, and it is impossible for people to cross.
She cried anxiously: "Master, Master, where are you?"
Although Yun Xiang's crying was tragic, it could not reach Xue Yun's ears at all, because at this moment, she had already run to the depths of the courtyard.
Just now, she wanted to go through the road where she met Mr. Huang last night, but found that the place had also been attacked by the flames spreading in the river, and she could not get through at all.
Fortunately, she remembered that there should be a back door.
Although she was not very familiar with the Lianxin Hall, it was unlikely that a typical courtyard would have only one front door, so she avoided the clusters of flames on the ground and ran hard towards the back door.
This place is shaded by green bamboos.
However, some dry bamboos had not been cut down and trimmed in time, and had already caught fire at this time.
Faintly, from the firelight, I could see that the back door over there was also tightly closed.
Oh no!
The front door of Mr. Huang's residence was on fire and the back door was locked.
Wouldn't he be trapped and die in there?
Thinking of this, Xue Yun rushed forward regardless of everything. The corners of her clothes were soon stained by the surrounding flames, burning her ankles, but she didn't care at all.
"Young Master Huang! Young Master Huang!"
She slapped the back door, which had been scorched by the flames, and said, "Are you in there? Come out!"
But no one responded to her.
Could it be that he has lost consciousness due to the thick smoke?
Thinking of this, Xue Yun became even more anxious. She slapped away the flames at her feet with two or three strokes, not caring about her burned ankles. Seeing that the back door was locked, she looked around and hurriedly picked up a stone from the roadside.
However, even the stones were heated.
As soon as she grasped it, her hand was immediately burned and sizzled, but at this time, she could only grit her teeth and endure it, swinging the stone and smashing it hard against the copper lock on the back door.
"Mr. Huang! I'm here to save you!"
The sound of "clang, clang, clang" rang out in the raging flames, like thunder. The surrounding fire did not go out because of her arrival, but became even hotter.
Drops of sweat fell from Xue Yun's face and were quickly dried by the heat of the flames.
However, the copper lock had been deformed and could not be opened.
Xue Yun was almost in despair, tears streaming down his face.
"Mr. Huang, what should we do?!"
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