As the words fell, there was another lightning flash in the sky.
The electric light illuminated Li Shao's face, showing his eagerness and worry in front of others.
Wang Gouzi heard the noise and hurriedly came over from the side hall. He happened to see this scene and couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.
The rain was heavy and the thunder was heavy. At first, he only knew that something was going on in the flower hall, but he didn't know the specific reason. At this time, seeing Li Shao's expression, he thought, "It's not good."
"Your Highness, Your Highness," Wang Gouzi called out twice anxiously, "What's going on?"
Xu Bai's eyes turned to a few people, and when he saw that Xu Jian didn't stop him, he said: "There was a lightning strike in Qianfu."
Wang Gouzi said "Ouch" and said subconsciously: "You didn't hurt anyone, did you?"
"I'm just going to take a look," Li Shao said, "hurry up and prepare your carriage and horses."
Wang Gouzi's heart trembled.
The incident happened so suddenly that he didn't have time to analyze it carefully. He just instinctively felt that he couldn't let His Highness make such a trip.
"Don't be anxious," Wang Gouzi licked his lower lip, ignoring his pounding heartbeat and trying to keep his tone calm, "It's raining so hard and I don't know the specific situation. You wait here and let Fu Guo Will you send someone to inquire again?"
The less anxious Wang Gouzi is, the more anxious Xu Bai is by his side.
"Didn't I just come back from the inquiry?" Xu Bai rubbed his hands, his voice trembling, "There is smoke in the house!"
Wang Gouzi asked: "Have you informed the government?"
"There are ordinary people there," Xu Bai said, "but after all, it is Qian Mansion, Shuntian Mansion, or guarding the Yamen. They don't dare to break in easily."
Wang Gouzi's tooth ached when he heard it.
A house that had been uninhabited for a long time was hit by thunder and smoke. It made sense for the neighbors to climb over the wall and go in to check the situation, let alone the people from the yamen.
If rescue fails and the situation worsens, the whole street will be affected.
But it happened to be Qianfu, and the government was bound to be more restrained in doing things.
"Your Highness," Wang Gouzi had no time to discern what was going on. He only had countermeasures in his mind at the moment and said wisely in his haste, "You are afraid that it will be difficult for the Yamen to handle things, so why not let the people from the Duke's Palace use your badge to guide the government? It’s too dangerous to go there by yourself.”
Li Shao hesitated for a moment.
On the side, Lin Yunyan, who had been silent for a while, told Xu Bai: "Hurry up and get some rain gear."
After saying that, he took a cloak from the shelf by the door and gave it to Xu Jian, and also took an eyelet tie for himself.
"No matter what, we are so close, how can we not go and take a look?" She glanced at Li Shao and said, "Don't delay, tell me slowly on the way, if His Highness doesn't go in, you will be on the carriage. The government offices have all seen you, whether you have a badge or not, and whether you are leading the way or not, it all matters the same."
Li Shao originally wanted to go, but after hearing what Lin Yunyan said, he had no objection, nor did he want to waste time and rush the dog.
Wang Gouzi thought for a moment and realized that it was really inappropriate to remain in a stalemate.
He thought about it more on the way, and if he noticed something went wrong, just let His Highness stay in the car.
After the carriage left the house, the rain subsided, but the lightning and thunder did not stop, which sounded quite scary.
Li Shao was sitting in the car, very anxious.
Wang Gouzi was also anxious, but Xu Bai was riding with them in a car, so there were many things he couldn't say.
After thinking about it, Wang Gouzi was not sure what Fu Guogong's plan was.
A lightning strike is an accident. It falls in a dormitory. It can be a big or small matter, but we have to make a fuss about it...
It can be directed at His Highness, or it can be directed at His Majesty. How you splash the ink and how you spread it all depends on the positions of each party.
To say that Duke Fu Guo guided the lightning strike, tsk!
If you really have such ability, and being an idle prince would be a waste of your talents, then you should become a national teacher!
Besides, it doesn't make sense that Duke Fu Guo has been keeping His Highness steady and advancing and retreating with His Highness recently just to make a fuss about lightning strikes.
Because anyone can write the article, there is no need to gain His Highness’s trust.
Wang Gouzi scratched his head, worried.
Fu Guogong is really a mystery in his work!
Even the master is in the dark, let alone him?
Time was tight and there were many ideas. Until he arrived outside Qianfu, Wang Gouzi couldn't even pick out a thread, let alone straighten it out.
After getting off the carriage, they saw many people pointing and pointing at them not far away.
Wang Gouzi looked up: "Where is the smoke? Why didn't you see it?"
Xu Bai said: "You can't see it even if you are close. It was very obvious on West Street before."
"Hurry in." Li Shao urged.
Wang Gouzi stopped him: "It's too dangerous. You stay here, little one..."
"What's the danger?" Li Shao interrupted him, "Why can't I go?"
Wang Gouzi really couldn't tell where the danger was, so he could only say: "No one from the government has arrived yet."
"They are far away. It will be too late when they arrive." Li Shao made up his mind. When Xu Bai came to knock on the door, he lowered his voice and asked Wang Gouzi, "I am here, but I won't go in. Call me father." What would the emperor think if he found out?"
The dog was speechless.
Li Shao looked at the closed door with an extremely serious expression.
This is the place where he lived as a child, and this is the place where his mother lived.
His father favored him, and he missed his mother even more!
Li Shao clearly remembered how disappointed and angry his father was when he saw his mother's belongings damaged last time.
It is true that the lightning strike in Qianfu had nothing to do with his actions, but Li Shao also remembered that he personally repaired those relics, and his father was satisfied and gratified.
He definitely doesn't have the ability to repair the house, but if he goes in and takes a look, what's the difficulty?
If someone is in the palace at this moment, it's okay if he doesn't know. He is standing outside the gate of the house and doesn't even go in. It really doesn't make sense.
Furthermore, if the place where the queen mother lived is damaged or burned down...
The father’s nostalgia for his mother is gradually diminishing, so can his son still be favored?
If he wants to be the crown prince again, he must hold on to his mother's Yu Ze!
Wang Gouzi understood what Li Shao meant and couldn't help but glance at Xu Jian.
There may not be any danger inside the house, but if His Highness stays outside, he will definitely be challenged by the censor, making the Holy Emperor dissatisfied.
"The little one will follow you closely," Wang Gouzi and Li Shao suggested. "It's rainy and dark, so it's difficult to walk on the road. Please be careful where you step."
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"Is there no one to guard the concierge?" Lin Yunyan walked over and muttered.
Li Shao said: "There may not be many people inside. The guard noticed the smoke and went to check, so he didn't care about the door."
"What should we do?" Lin Yunyan asked knowingly.
Li Shao looked at the courtyard wall.
Qianfu's courtyard is high, and Wang Gouzi doesn't seem to be good at climbing over walls. Asking someone to borrow a ladder at this moment will be delayed.
He asked Xu Jian: "Can you turn over?"
"My legs are not strong enough." Xu Jian lied without changing his expression, and raised his chin towards Shenchen.
Shen Chen's back injured by Xiong Xiazi had already healed, and he just followed him. When he saw this, he ran a few steps without saying a word, stepped on the courtyard wall, jumped into the air, and landed inside the wall in the blink of an eye.
Soon, he opened the door from the inside.
Li Shao took the lead and quickly entered the house.
The rain curtain blocked the view, and the lanterns swayed in the wind and rain as if they would be extinguished in the next moment.
Although Xu Jian and Lin Yunyan had seen the drawings, this was their first time coming in. At the same time, they had to pretend to be strangers and relied on Li Shao to lead the way.
Li Shao lived here until he was five or six years old. After that, he only accompanied Sheng Shang a few times, and his memory was vague. He might have had a hard time recognizing the way during the day, but he couldn't see anywhere clearly at night, so he walked all the way to the backyard based on his superficial impression.
After walking around the front hall, Lin Yunyan pointed to the sky not far away: "Is that where the smoke is coming from?"
Li Shao paused, looked in the direction of her finger, and saw the rising smoke.
It's not strong, it floats in the wind, and there's not much burning smell in your breath, so it's not serious and it doesn't burn.
There was a direction. Li Shao walked east and west under the corridor and arrived at the place in a short time.
That is the main courtyard of Qian Mansion.
What was hit was a tall tree. The tree fell to the ground and was split in the center.
The main room was also hit, and the smoke started from here.
The housekeeper who was guarding the house was looking inside, and there was an oil lamp coming from the house.
Hearing the noise, the steward hurriedly came out and asked, "Who is here?"
Li Shao said: "It's me."
The steward took a closer look, recognized Li Shao, and quickly saluted.
"How's the damage?" Xu Jian asked the steward.
"The young one was at the concierge when he suddenly heard several thunder and lightning strikes, which made the ground shake. I knew that the thunder must have fallen nearby, but I never expected that it would fall in the house," the steward said with a sad face. , "Someone still saw the smoke and called him, and he quickly found it here.
A tree fell down and there was a hole in the roof on that side. The hole was not big, but the rainwater leaked in and now half of the house was wet.
There are only old furniture left in the house, and there are no buckets or basins. The young one is going to find one to collect water..."
"Go ahead," Li Shao urged him, "I'll go in and take a look."
Lin Yunyan asked the steward: "Are there any oil lamps? It's not enough for lighting."
"There are some. There should be one or two more in the low cupboard in the east room, as well as a few candles."
The steward left in a hurry.
Shen Chen took out the lamp holder from the cupboard, divided some oil from the oil lamp left by the steward, and lit a few more candles.
The room gradually became brighter.
Lin Yunyan held an oil lamp in one hand, made eye contact with Xu Jian, and went to look for Li Shao.
As soon as he entered the house, Li Shao walked to the west to check the damaged west corner. Wang Gouzi followed him every step of the way.
The two of them had only one lantern that was meant to be extinguished, so they couldn't see clearly what was going on.
Lin Yunyan was "new here", but she had heard about the condition of this house from Xuan Su.
There are five bays on the left and right, plus two ear chambers.
The west room is used for daily living. Today, there is a wooden kang bed under the window, a wooden table from the old year, and other odds and ends. There is also a bed in the west room, which should be Li Shao's childhood residence.
There are old curtains hanging there. Even if someone cleans them, they will inevitably become old and dusty over time.
The roof that was struck by lightning was just above the head of the bed. Li Shao was standing below. If it weren't for the rain dripping in, it would be difficult to distinguish the roof and the sky that almost merged with the naked eye.
Wang Gouzi raised his arms to take the lantern to shine, and looked carefully: "The hole doesn't seem to be too big. It doesn't seem to have a big impact. It shouldn't expand. It's the smoke coming from that seat. It seems to have been extinguished by the rain."
All that’s left is the smoke… ugh!”
As he was speaking, his vision suddenly went dark.
The lantern couldn't hold on any longer and went out.
It was pitch dark, and Wang Gouzi couldn't help but turn his head to look for light, and saw Lin Yunyan coming over with an oil lamp.
"It's too dark," Lin Yunyan came over and placed one lamp on the empty table, and handed the other to Wang Gouzi, "You can change it to this one and shine again."
Wang Gouzi took it.
The oil lamp was not as easy to balance as the lantern, and he did not dare to lift it too high for fear of spilling the oil.
Li Shao raised his head and continued to look. He couldn't see clearly, so he casually said to Lin Yunyan: "Bring the one on the table too."
Lin Yunyan didn't move, she twirled her fingers, and there was a small stone between her fingertips: "Eunuch Wang, come and take it. I didn't hold it properly and my hand was burned."
When Li Shao heard this, he muttered "coquettish" to himself.
However, even after muttering, he did not object.
Wang Gouzi didn't notice anything was wrong. He equated coquettishness with the princess. How normal this was. He put down his raised hand.
The next moment, Li Shao stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to pick up the light.
Wang Gouzi was stunned. He had no intention of handing it over. He wanted to take two lamps for lighting himself, but seeing His Highness reaching out, it seemed that it would be a bad idea not to give them...
Just that moment of distraction fell into Lin Yunyan's eyes.
She originally wanted to wait for Wang Gouzi to hold two lanterns and raise his left and right hands in the air before taking action, but she didn't expect such an opportunity to come up.
Now or never!
With a squeeze of her fingers, just when Li Shao's hand was about to touch the oil lamp, Lin Yunyan moved her arm slightly.
The small pebbles flew out and hit Wang Gouzi's hand. His fingers trembled and he relaxed instantly. Before Li Shao could hold it, the oil lamp fell sideways, hit the ground with a clatter, and rolled twice with a grunt.
, the lamp oil spilled.
The nearby curtain lit up with a flickering sound.
Wang Gouzi was stunned for a moment, looking at his hand helplessly, not knowing why the handover was unstable.
Feeling like a twinge?
He wasn't sure, and didn't bother to think about it carefully. The moment he came back to his senses, he patted the curtain.
Li Shao remained motionless, his hand still stretched out without taking it back. The fire on the curtain illuminated half of his face, which was full of confusion.
Lin Yunyan stared at Li Shao closely from beginning to end.
That ignition won't last long.
The curtains are flammable, but the water leaking from the roof made the room on this side wet, and even the curtains were damp.
If we hadn't added some lamp oil, there would be no need for the dog to fight hard, and it would be almost extinguished by a little smoke.
Time was running out, she couldn't miss the opportunity, and she had to push Li Shao one more time.
Picking up the lamp on the table, Lin Yunyan held it very close to her face this time. She took two steps forward and called urgently: "There's a fire, be careful!"
The sound exploded in Li Shao's ears, and he suddenly jumped up and turned to look at the person who was talking to him.
Under the swaying firelight, this man's facial features looked so familiar.
The next moment, Wang Gouzi, who was fighting with the flames, also shouted: "Your Highness, please go out and take shelter first, be careful of the fire!"
Li Shao glanced at the burning curtain, and then at the familiar outline of facial features. He didn't know what happened, but countless images suddenly flashed through his mind, rushing over like a tide, and the impact made him shaken.
Overturned oil lamp.
A fire that burns from small to large.
An old eunuch who is not very familiar, and a woman who is familiar.
