Beauty has a disease

Chapter 17

Ember followed quietly all the way, and finally came to a small two-story building.

There are two teams of guards at the gate of the building, and another person is waiting at the gate with his head bowed. Two shadows are cast in front of a window on the second floor, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin.

Ember first familiarized herself with the layout of the surrounding area, and immediately focused most of her eyes on the person standing alone at the door, waiting for someone.

The man was not tall, with a slender body overall, wearing a gray-blue shirt, because the head was slightly drooping, so Ember couldn't see the man's appearance clearly, but it gave her a very weird feeling.

The man put his hands in his sleeves and lowered his head slightly. It should be a usual posture, at least a servant trained by a big family; he is not tall, and he looks slender and thin overall. He looks like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Child, but her chest didn't rise and fall at all, not like the graceful figure of a girl at all.

Ember frowned slightly, male or female, who the hell is this?

Women dressed as men?

Bound?
Ember walked around to the small building, took advantage of the gap between patrols and jumped up to the top of the building lightly. When she fell, there was only a slight sound of the tiles colliding, but it could be ignored and no one noticed.

Ember recalled the location where he saw the figure at that time, found a place not too far away, and began to lift the tiles lightly.

After uncovering two tiles in a row, the key scenery under the tiles is still covered.

Seeing this, Ember raised her eyebrows, secretly thinking that it was true, and the stories in the storybook were not believable.

The stories in the storybook often include the gentleman on the beam, the flower picker and the like, and there are also plots such as heroes saving the beauty, eavesdropping and peeking, etc. Most of these plots are related to the roof, especially the one that looks at the scenery from top to bottom. , Often the indoor environment can be seen by uncovering the tiles. Usually, she always finds it weird when reading it, and feels that this description of "revealing the tiles to see the light" does not conform to the characteristics of the building.

On the roof of the building, the ceiling is first suspended from the beams, then straw mats and thatch are built, and finally the tiles are covered. How can it be possible to "uncover the tiles and see the light"?However, although she has always been skeptical about this, she did not kill her with one shot. What if someone breaks the rules and directly lays tiles when building a house?

Hey, it was the first time I uncovered the tiles today, and I saw the thatch under the tiles, but not the indoor scenery, but I didn't know whether to be sad for the bandits who followed common sense too much, or to rejoice in verifying the passage of the storybook.

Ember started running in her out of tune mind, and suddenly heard a noise in the distance, she followed the sound and looked intently, only to see black smoke rising into clouds, and the flames surging in all directions.

It's on fire.

The bandits who heard the sound and saw the situation all flocked there.

Such a big fire couldn't have been set by the bandits themselves.

Ember withdrew her gaze, looked down at the thatch again, bit her lip, and smiled suddenly, a handful of fire monsters was rare, but it wasn't enough, she might as well add another one!

Ember began to remove the roof tiles smoothly, the movement was light and fast, and after removing a small piece, he moved to another area to continue uncovering. After a while, the roof of the small building was like a shrew whose hair was plucked in a fight, and several large pieces were exposed. Thatch under the roof.

Ember took out the torch that he carried with him and ignited the thatch, his eyes were calm and calm, and his movements were very skillful without hesitation.

Although the bandits didn't follow the script when they built the village, the thatched grass followed the usual rules!
It is flammable.

"Do you smell anything?"

"What's the smell?"

"It smells like smoke."

"That should have come from over there." Someone pointed to the distance, "There's a fire over there, we don't care about it, our duty is to guard this place."

"Ah."

After a while,
"Why do I feel that the smell of smoke is getting stronger?"

"It must be a big fire over there!"

"But I don't smell like it. It seems to be very close to us." The man raised his head and sniffed vigorously, "It seems to have floated down from above."

"This is a small two-story building. The small building is fine, so how could it... catch fire from above!"

"Quickly put out the fire!"

"Save the boss first!"

Another hectic place.

Ember originally wanted to eavesdrop on and consolidate the information of this group of "unconventional" bandits, and then go to the warehouse that they valued. Might as well Zhan Shuyun make a noise first, her plan will come naturally. It doesn't work, but if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. It's just a temporary rise, and some small changes don't hinder anything.

Of course, it is a temporary rise. What is not a temporary rise at this time?
Burning a small building is burning, burning two or three buildings is also burning, so let's burn all the way!
Zhan Shuyun also thought so.

Burning one place is burning, and the target of burning one place is too obvious, so burn more places!
Go back in time for a moment.

Zhan Shuyun listened to a woman telling a long, long story. The protagonist of the story went from being happy to falling into the world in just a few years. An chaos.

In her story, the Qin'an Rebellion was not a rebellion by a rebel, but a forced resignation, a life after death, and a way out... The time is the same, the place is the same, the characters are the same, the story is still the same, but the same The stories in the historical records and in the minds of the common people are different—the original intentions are different.

"The eunuch is in power, the crown prince is incompetent, the emperor listens to the villain's slander, King Gong helps the righteousness, but he is greedy and neglected, and the eunuch Gao Qian wants to use the emperor's hand to kill King Gong. The country is in danger."

The original intentions are different. The world thinks that the Qin'an Rebellion is the rebellion of Prince Gong, and it is all due to the greed of power and the desire to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Position; while the Qin'an Rebellion in the mouth of the woman is a helpless move by Prince Gong to protect himself. It is an expedient and helpless move to prevent the world from falling into the hands of eunuchs.

The original intentions are slightly different, but the nature of the Qin'an Rebellion is quite different.

"I know you don't believe me." The woman said, "Actually, it's meaningless to talk about right and wrong now, because the result is determined."

"So what do you want me to do by telling me this?"

The woman said: "Although it doesn't make any sense, I think it's time to tell people the other side of the mess. Even if you don't believe me, I'll tell you... I want you to burn this place down when you go out."

Zhan Shuyun: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. There is dirt everywhere, and there is nothing to ignite."

The woman smiled and shook her head, "I can be ignited." She looked at Zhan Shuyun and smiled, "My lord, I have been imprisoned here for many years. I have been here since the Qin'an Rebellion. I can't get out, and others can't get in. I don't see the sun, life is better than death... These bandits want something from me, and I say I can't give it, so they keep me locked up, day after day, It's not that I haven't thought about dying, but I'm still not reconciled, I'm not reconciled to leaving without leaving anything behind, I'm not reconciled to the truth being buried, fortunately I waited for you."

"I should have died a long time ago, but I just held on with one breath."

"I have a poem here to tell you, you must remember it, young master."

"The loess is cracked and covered with snow, endlessly blocking people's smoke."

"If one day, the young master sees a girl named Honglian, please read this poem to her and tell her that I will protect her."

The woman carefully took out a white jade hairpin from her bosom. The white jade was of excellent color and water head, and a lifelike blooming lotus was carved on the tail. The hairpin body was coiled with intricate patterns, which was extremely exquisite.It's just that it has been broken into two pieces long ago, and the break is smooth and not sharp, so it must be rubbed from time to time.

"There is also this hairpin. I originally wanted to give it to her when she was old, but there was no chance."

The woman touched the hairpin for the last time and handed it to Zhan Shuyun.

"Burn me."

(End of this chapter)