Xiao Chu said in his eyes and searched for the figure of the little guy Lu Yu, but the light on the scene was really dim. After searching for a long time, he didn't see the child. Even Mr. Ye Jinyu disappeared.
This made Xiao Chu feel a little bad premonition in his heart.
Next to Xiao Chang'an and Xiao Chu, there were no less than Xiao Chu and others. They were also searching for the figures of Mr. Ye Jinyu and Lu Yu, but after searching for a long time, they found nothing.
In an instant, a shadow was cast on everyone's heart.
Mr. Ye Jinyu is their mentor. Some of them even have some regrets now. Why didn’t they look at the husband when they ran away? Is it safe?
Xiao Chu and Mr. Ye are not familiar with each other, they have only met a few times. They are more familiar with the little guy Lu Yu. On their way to Huaiyuan Province, although Lu Yu is also a little guy
I was looking for trouble and quarreling with myself for a while, but overall, this little guy is quite pleasant.
If this little guy Lu Yu was buried in the fire at this moment, Xiao Chu would feel a little regretful.
Xiao Changan seemed to feel Xiao Chu's somewhat worried mood, and shook Xiao Chu's small hand with a slightest hand, and slowly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Ye and the others are lucky in the world. I think nothing will happen."
While Xiao Chu and the others were hesitating, the captain Lao Zhang walked towards Xiao Chu and the others from the edge of the crowd, and was looking for it while walking. It was obvious that he was looking for the figures of Xiao Chu and Xiao Chang'an and the others.
The captain Lao Zhang was entrusted by the magistrate Chen Yuannian to follow them to participate in the Huaiyuan Provincial Poetry Competition. If something happened to Xiao Chu and the others, it would be bad for him to go back. Moreover, Chen Yuannian's attitude towards Xiao Chu was taken seriously.
It can also be seen from above that he must have a great fondness for Xiao Chu. Otherwise, how could he use his own carriage to send people to the road?
"Captain Zhang, we are here." Xiao Changan saw the headmaster Lao Zhang's expression full of anxious expression and was searching back and forth. It was obvious that he was looking for them, although he opened his mouth and shouted at the headmaster Lao Zhang.
Voice channel.
The headmaster Lao Zhang heard Xiao Changan's voice and quickly jogged towards the father and son. Seeing that neither of them had anything to do, he breathed a sigh of strength.
"Thank you, neither of you has anything to do. If there is any accident, I don't know how to get along with Lord Chen." A smile appeared on the face of the headmaster Lao Zhang, looking at the father and son of the Xiao family.
The two said.
"Thank you, Captain Zhang." Xiao Changan and Xiao Chu bowed to Captain Lao Zhang and said gratefully.
With the captain Lao Zhang there, they were also responsible for it. The three of them looked at each other and then looked towards the fire.
The fire gradually weakened and there was no trend of spreading towards surrounding buildings. The officers and soldiers who put out the fire were also trying to fight to transport water into the fire, hoping to put out the sudden fire as soon as possible.
Seeing the situation in the fire, Xiao Chu couldn't help but sigh for a while. Although there was no advanced fire fighting technology in ancient times, he forced the fire to control it with his own efforts, and even vaguely put it out.
The momentum.
"Sure enough, the ability of the working people in ancient times cannot be underestimated." Xiao Chu sighed in his heart.
Sure enough, not long after, the fire in the direction of the inn was completely extinguished.
However, no one survived at the scene of the fire.
Everyone looked at the ruins in front of them, and the tears in their eyes were flowing out uncontrollably. No one survived, which meant that their friends and mentors were buried in the sea of fire. Originally, everyone came to Huaiyuan Province with great enthusiasm.
But I didn’t expect that the poem competition was not only unable to participate in the competition, but instead gave my life here. What a sadness.
At this time, Xiao Chu was also in a heavy mood. When he thought that Lu Yu, who had often quarreled with him, was buried in the sea of fire, he felt a little uncomfortable. Some other companions who came with them died in the fire.
It made Xiao Chu feel a little uncomfortable.
These are fresh lives, and they were buried in a fire of unknown reasons.
As a modern person, although Xiao Chu does not have the kind of compassionate mood, he always feels uncomfortable when he sees his companion die here.
Not long after the fire was put out, Governor Xu Yannian came in their direction, looking at everyone, with a little tears in his eyes, and slowly said: "I believe that all the students who came to participate in this poetry competition, to you
I feel very sympathetic and sad about my experience, but it is the best result for everyone to be alive now. Now, please look for your companions and check who are missing. Report it later and count it later.
I will arrange a place for everyone to have a good rest if there is a number of people."
After listening to Xu Yannian's words, everyone was a little moved. At this time, it was the time when they needed help the most. A few heartwarming words were even more precious than real money.
After a while, everyone began to look for their companions, but even without having to search for them, they could report the missing person, because the people they came with had already been hugged together, and there was no
The person who appears is obviously the person who is missing.
Xiao Chu, Xiao Chang'an and other people from Chongming Mansion also began to look for the people they lacked.
After statistics, Xiao Chu found that there were five people missing from them, including Mr. Ye Jinyu at Chongming Prefecture Academy and fair-skinned young actor Lu Yu.
As soon as this news came out, everyone's hearts sank a lot, and a bad premonition flashed in their hearts. Could it be that Mr. Ye, he has died?
Everyone reported the missing number to Xu Yannian, and after hearing the number, Xu Yannian's eyes sank, and there were 17 people missing. These classes are all students and the future of the Daxia Kingdom in the future.
Although there was no such thing as "a strong young man is a strong country" in ancient times, Xu Yannian also understood that knowledgeable people were of great benefit to the country and country of Daxia, and even there were many talents in the current court.
He invested in a poor family, passed the imperial examination, entered the Son of Emperor's Sect in one step, and was entrusted with important tasks by the emperor. Now he can stand alone.
Many officers and soldiers worked together to start to make sense of the scene. The so-called "many people" was very powerful. Not long after, many corpses were carried out in the fire. However, due to the huge fire, the entire corpse was charred and it was no longer possible to identify who it was.
It's right.
Everyone was in a very heavy mood when they looked at a corpse that had been lifted out. You should know that one of them might be their friend and teacher.
Xiao Chu's eyes were slightly condensed, staring at the busy officers and soldiers in front of him, and theirs were also a little embarrassed. You know, without any fire prevention measures, they went to the fire to put out the fire. It was already very good that they could achieve such results. Although they looked a little embarrassed,
No one will laugh at them at this moment.
A stick of incense has passed, and the sky has turned a little white. The whole night has passed quietly, and everyone has also waited for a night not far from the fire. However, although they have not had a good sleep for a night, at this moment
None of them was sleepy because they were waiting, wanting to claim their friends' bodies and take their ashes back to their hometown.
By dawn, the entire fire was only charred, so where was the original inn?
After the disdainful efforts of the officers and soldiers, a total of fifteen corpses were dug out of the fire, which was two fewer than the number they reported. Moreover, no matter how the officers and soldiers searched for it, they could not find the other two corpses.
"Is it because of the huge cremation?"
"Where are the other two?"
"Yes, where are they?"
Seeing that the two were missing in the crowd, they began to guess and muttered in a low voice.
However, when he heard the muttering of everyone, he slowly shook his head, because, as a modern person, he knew that ordinary flames would never completely burn the human body in a short time, so the other two people could turn into ashes.
It is almost zero. So, there may be only two people who cannot find people now. The first is that the officers and soldiers missed some places, and the second is that the other two did not live in the inn at all yesterday.
Then Xiao Chu turned toward the fifteen charred corpses. Seeing that they were all normal adults and had no children's form, a hint of hope rose in his heart. Could it be that Lu Yu, this guy, last night
Didn't rest in the restaurant?
However, in such a big Huaiyuan City, where can he go again as a child?
Xiao Chu thought for a long time and couldn't figure out why.
However, Xiao Chu's heart then sank, because he really couldn't think of where Lu Yu would go, so he attributed the possibility that the body could not be found to the officers and soldiers who missed somewhere.
Xu Yannian sent someone to search here for a while, but there were still no new discoveries, so he had to give up immediately.
"Everyone, I will deal with this matter. I will also send someone to clean up the place during the day. Once I find another one, I will notify you as soon as possible. I have been struggling for a night. I believe everyone is a little tired. I am sending you now.
Let's take everyone to rest." Xu Yannian's voice was deep, giving people a sense of peace of mind. After yesterday's incident, everyone's impression of Xu Yannian was better. Some people even said that Xu Yannian was a clean official.
When they all wanted to leave, Xiao Chu's eyes narrowed, and his eyes instantly froze on the two figures in the distance. Among them, the others might not be able to see clearly, but Xiao Chu did take all the eyes of the two of them.
, because those two people were Ye Jinyu and Lu Yu who came from Chongming Mansion with them!
Seeing the figures of the two, Xiao Chu felt a little relieved, but Xiao Chu was a little confused. Why did they come from a distance?
The two of them seemed to be in a hurry, and they were running towards them.
Everyone also looked towards Xiao Chu's eyes. When the two of them ran to a place they didn't want to see the figure of the visitor clearly.
"Mr. Ye!"
"Mr. Ye!"
"Mr. Ye, it's great that you didn't die!"
Seeing the two of them coming, the faces of the Chongming Mansion, which were originally a little lost, showed a look of loss and regaining. Some people's eyes were even red. It was really a surprise to see the two of them again.
Ye Jinyu and Lu Yu trotted all the way to the scene, and were already out of breath and started to go on.
When Mr. Ye Jinyu looked at the red circles of the people in Chongming Mansion, and then looked at the dozen charred bodies on the ground, a trace of tears suddenly appeared.
"This...what is wrong, what's going on?" Ye Jinyu shivered as he spoke, looking at the mess in front of him, and there was no more voice.
A moment later, the people from Chongming Mansion rushed forward and said to Ye Jinyu in a crying voice: "Mr. Ye, it's great that you have nothing to do!"
Ye Jinyu patted the man on the shoulder and comforted him: "Everyone is okay."
Hearing Ye Jinyu's words, the man's crying became even worse and he trembled: "Sir, Brother Huaili was killed, Brother Wen was killed, and the rest of our school also died. Now we are the only ones left.
people."
After hearing this, Ye Jinyu's heart sank and wanted to say something, but he did not say it, but he just looked at the dark corpse on the ground silently.
Xu Yannian walked up, looked at Ye Jinyu with a sad face and said, "Mr. Ye, it's good that you have nothing to do. I couldn't find you before, but I thought you had already..."
Hearing Xu Yannian's words, Ye Jinyu turned to look at Xu Yannian and said, "I went to Brother Yongnian's house last night and drank with Brother Yongnian for a long time. This little guy shouted that he would follow me, but he didn't expect it to be a fool.
I missed this disaster.”
When everyone heard Ye Jinyu's remarks, they realized that Mr. Ye could still smell the smell of alcohol that had not yet dissipated.
Lu Yu stood behind and was a little silent. He could imagine that if he hadn't been pestering Mr. Ye to go with him yesterday, there would probably be another charred child's body on the ground now.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu was both a little scared and a little thankful, but he felt extremely uncomfortable.
"I heard Brother Yongnian say that there was a fire in the inn early in the morning, so I came here to check it out, but I didn't expect that someone from my Chongming Palace would die in this fire. My fault is my fault, my fault
Yes!"
Ye Jinyu yelled at the sky, it was obvious that he blamed himself for not being there yesterday.
The students beside him were grateful to Ye Jinyu and kept comforting him, fearing that Mr. Ye would be too excited and would have something to do.
"Come here, please send all the students down to rest. I'm sure everyone is tired. I've sent someone to prepare a rest for everyone, so everyone can follow me." After speaking, Xu Yannian waved his hand and
Someone came up and led everyone away from the scene.
Mr. Ye Jinyu also left the scene with the help of many students from Chongming Prefecture.
Lu Yu also followed them, looking in Xiao Chu's direction from time to time, and Xiao Chu turned around and saw Lu Yu looking at him.
However, when the two of them met, Lu Yu did blanch Xiao Chu's eyes, and the meaning in his eyes seemed to be saying: "You guy is very lucky."