In fact, he also found it strange that in a wealthy family, whether it was a large kitchen or a side room, there would always be servants keeping vigil.
How could the servants not notice such a huge fire? It would have to burn at least several rooms, otherwise the fire wouldn't be so big.
However, that is everyone else's business.
"Ask the big kitchen to bring some rice porridge, and leave some light meals to heat on the stove. I'm afraid I'll need some food when the young masters wake up."
"The kitchen has been prepared for a long time. The little one will go get it now."
Ming Yan said and also left the house.
Gu Chengyu looked at the room inside, which was a hot spring pool. He felt that the smell of alcohol had not been removed from his body. After thinking about it, he decided to soak in it for a while.
When he reached the hot spring pool, Gu Chengyu took off his clothes, put them on the shelf, and then got into the water.
"How is the fire?" The man, dressed in messy clothes, hurried to the wing on the left and asked the steward of the other courtyard.
"Back to Your Highness, these rooms have been burned down. They are the big kitchen and woodshed."
The steward quickly knelt down and saluted. He was shaking all over. At the same time, he was a little lucky. Fortunately, he only burned a few worthless rooms. Otherwise, he would have been severely punished today, and he would not even be a steward.
"What's going on? Is there no one keeping watch at night in the big kitchen? They're all dead!"
His Highness was furious. As soon as he fell asleep with two beautiful women in his arms, he heard someone in the other courtyard talking about water leaking out.
The steward was so frightened that he fell to the ground, "Go back to your highness! When the servant arrived, the cook who was keeping watch at night had already fainted and collapsed outside the big kitchen."
After hearing this, His Highness was a little confused. Why did he collapse outside the big kitchen? He should have been in the big kitchen. He suddenly felt that something was wrong.
He picked up his legs and ran towards the study room of the main room. Xiao Linzi quickly followed.
"Ask Jin Ginseng to bring someone to my study!" He just said this before leaving.
The steward just thought that a meal was indispensable, but unexpectedly His Highness left in a hurry.
He was stunned for a long time, then quickly got up on his hands and knees and went to call Jinshen Ling.
His Highness ran into the inner courtyard and went straight to the study.
Before reaching the study, I saw a light in the study, which was candlelight, and the two guards guarding the study had fallen to the ground, unconscious.
In the study room, there was a man in black, groping around the bookshelves under the faint candlelight, seemingly looking for something.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps outside the study and knew someone was coming.
He put the booklet he just touched into his arms, glanced at the bookshelf, and blew out the candle.
As soon as the candle goes out, people coming from outside will know that something is going on inside.
"Quick! Someone has broken into the study. Come, catch him."
His Highness was furious. Although the things he hid on the surface were all fake, there was no guarantee that there was an insider in the other courtyard. If the things in the dark room were stolen, he would definitely be unable to eat and carry them around.
"Your Highness!" Jin Shenling hurried over with his guards.
"Go in quickly and catch the person."
This study has only one exit, and even the window is in the courtyard. If a thief enters the study, as long as he guards the front, he will not be able to escape even if he has wings.
The man in black stuck the sword in his hand on the wall of the study room, kicked his feet several times, and climbed up to the beam above.
Many torches appeared in the yard. The man in black used the torches outside and glanced at the study. He found that the only way to escape was to break through the siege of the front yard. He clenched the sword in his hand and stared at the door of the study.
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Jin Shentie led the others and kicked open the door, and the room was immediately illuminated by torches.
Soon enough, the man in black jumped down from the beam and waved his sword towards the guards who came in.
Not long after, several people came from the study to the yard outside the study.
The man in black took a closer look and found that there were many archers surrounding the yard. He knew that he could not let the battle go and he had already begun to think about retreating.
His Highness quickly asked people to guard outside the house, while he ran into the house and closed the door.
I touched the back of the bookshelf, where a portrait was, and turned around slightly. I saw a one-meter square hole suddenly opened on the floor at the back of the study room.
Quickly run forward, go down the stairs, and reach the darkroom. At this time, the darkroom is brightly lit with candlelight, and rows of boxes are filling the small darkroom.
Opening a box at random, there were gold ingots inside. His Highness picked up one and looked at it, and found that it was undoubtedly gold.
He breathed a sigh of relief, although he knew that there was only one thief and he would definitely not be able to take away the gold and silver. But if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he would always feel a little worried. There was no room for mistakes in this batch of gold and silver.
"No!" He suddenly dropped the gold ingot in his hand and ran up the stairs.
I ran to the desk in the study room and turned a pen holder on the desk. A small mechanism box immediately popped up under the desk. When I saw that it was empty, the contents inside were gone.
He quickly restored the secret room in the study to its original state and ran out of the house.
At this time, the fighting outside the house was still going on. The man in black was fighting one against six, and it was already very difficult. As he fought, he moved towards the courtyard wall.
The guards had long seen through his intentions, and the archers quickly followed him.
His Highness came out of the study, looked at the masked man in black, and felt fierce in his heart, "Leave me alive! I will be interrogated strictly later."
The masked man's breathing immediately became a little faster, and his moves became more fierce. The six people couldn't attack for a long time, and three of them were injured by the masked man. His Highness saw it and became angry.
He pulled out the knife of a guard nearby and planned to do it himself.
"Your Highness! Please don't come forward! That thief is very powerful!" Xiao Linzi saw His Highness's intention and quickly exclaimed.
The originally high-pitched voice now sounded even more harsh.
He stepped forward and hugged his master. No matter what, he could not let his master go. If his master was injured, he would be responsible for his death.
His Highness was grabbed by Xiao Linzi and couldn't break free for a moment. He shouted: "Get out of my way!"
When the masked man saw it, he thought it was a good opportunity. If he kidnapped his master, it would be easy for him to escape.
After being stabbed in the chest, he flew towards the entangled two people.
"Be careful! Protect Your Highness quickly!" The guards were terrified, thinking that the thief was going to kill their master, so they all screamed and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
His Highness also panicked, and at the critical moment, he threw Xiao Linzi away, raised his knife and slashed at the masked man.
The two of them fought like this for a round. When Xiao Linzi saw that His Highness had two wounds on his body, he was so frightened that he fainted.
Gu Chengyu was leisurely soaking in the hot springs here. When Zhu Pang and the others woke up, he would have already finished soaking, so as to avoid everyone seeing each other naked.
"Young Master!" Ming Yan entered the house. He didn't see his young master, but heard the sound of water in the inner room.
"I'm taking a bath in the hot spring, I'll have food later." Gu Chengyu shouted outside, he didn't want to get up yet.
When Ming Yan heard the response, he put away the food in the house with peace of mind. His young master never allowed anyone to wait on him when he was bathing, so he didn't need to go in to serve him.
After soaking for another half-quarter of an hour, Gu Chengyu got up and put on some clothes. After running in the hot spring for a while, his mind became much clearer.