The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 270

In addition, every year in Taiping Square, there are huge lantern riddle towers erected by different businesses, with many small lanterns on them.The small lantern at the lower part of the lighthouse hangs riddles directly for people to guess. If you guess correctly, you can pick up the lantern; while the lantern at a high place that is out of reach hangs a numbered tag with riddles written on it, you want to guess. People need to use a bow and arrow to shoot down the tag to guess the riddle on the top. The higher the riddle, the greater the reward, and the reward at the top is not less than 20 taels of silver;
For ordinary people, 20 taels of silver is not a small amount, even for rich and noble families, it is enough for a serious young master for four or five months, how can it not be attractive!
What's more, even if you can't guess correctly, you can get a corresponding exquisite lantern as a reward, so the lighthouses in the lantern festivals have always been the most lively places, attracting a large number of people from all directions.

Because of this, it is also an accident-prone area, accidents and fires are common, and there are people who steal purses and money bags, and people who kidnap children while there are many people. There are many things, but Wucheng soldiers are too busy. Masi people.

But watching lanterns on the Lantern Festival is like setting off firecrackers. People know that there are risks, but they still enjoy it.

Although people know what to do when these dangers come, they still panic when they actually happen.

Everyone wanted to escape in the direction they wanted. Some ran east, some squeezed west, and some ran into the shops and alleys on both sides. More people couldn't tell the direction in a panic. You knocked me down. I stepped on him, this one couldn’t find his younger brother, that one’s missing sister, people were calling and searching randomly, and the whole Taiping Square was in chaos.

Shi Chuying stood quietly on a roof, looking at a huge burning lamp stand below, falling down on the road like a fire dragon, the blazing lamp stand has become the source of the fire, continuous tongues of flame licking in the wind to everything around.

Along with the burnt window frames and wooden shelves of the shops on both sides, they fell into the nearby crowd with flames, causing the fleeing crowd to be crowded and trampled again... and the fire dragon just blocked the people going west. side and south escape routes.

At this time, the wind was blowing from the northeast, so the fire spread all the way to the southwest with the help of the wind. Fortunately, the wind was not strong, and people in the teahouses and restaurants on both sides of Dongda Street had already started to withdraw from the back door.

People from Wucheng Bingma Division had already arrived at the scene, and began to carry water out of the fire storage tank to put out the fire. However, a drop in the bucket is the most appropriate description at this time.

Shi Chuying even saw clearly the straightened face of Gu Die who came in the firelight, which was extremely cold against the red firelight.

Soon, Gu Mengdie commanded several subordinates and soldiers to shout loudly to stop the chaotic crowd, and those who didn't listen to the crowd were knocked unconscious and thrown outside to be guarded.

Shi Chuying glanced at Shi Dian, raised his chin and confessed, Shi Dian hurriedly stepped into the crowd, separated the crowd by force, and picked up the child who was trampled to the ground and handed it to the surrounding soldiers.

At this time, some people who had reserved private seats in the surrounding teahouses and restaurants also began to join the soldiers to organize the evacuation of the crowd. The panic of the crowd was eased for a while, and the soldiers formed a group of five, cut off the crowd in sections, and then separated the small crowd. The crowd was evacuated outside, although it was a bit slow, but at least some results were seen.

It's just that obviously this fire dragon caused a huge obstacle to the evacuation, and Gu Mengdie just watched the soldiers pouring water on it, but it didn't have much effect.

Shi Chuying felt that this Gu Die Die didn't know whether it was a good fate or a bad fate, and said that his bad fate was because he encountered such two big accidents in a short period of time, which was really a disaster, and the good fate was that he happened to be at the scene every time.

"Forget it! Children are always pitiful!" Shi Chuying evaluated the scene and had a plan in her mind. With a spin, she floated to the roof near the fire dragon.

She took out a red fire-avoiding pearl the size of a longan from her storage bag, flicked her two fingers lightly, "Go!" A streamer of red shot towards the fire dragon in an instant, and the moment it approached the fire dragon, the evasion The energy of the fire bead exploded, triggering a strong red light, covering the entire fire dragon under the light, and instantly illuminating the surroundings.

Under the pressure of the fire-avoiding beads, the fire dragon quickly became weak. In just three or five breaths, the raging flames were powerless and extinguished slowly, and finally turned into black charcoal with only a few wisps of green smoke.

At the same time, the fire-avoiding bead also consumed all its energy. It flashed a few times as if saying goodbye, then the light dimmed and turned into a handful of white powder, which drifted away with the wind...

"...It's not considered a waste!" Shi Chuying couldn't help muttering as she watched the powder that was produced after the fire-avoiding bead exploded and flew up with the cyclone.

That's right, in her opinion, no matter how good a treasure is, if it doesn't play a role if it's in your arms all day long, it's nothing but a reputation.But now this fire-avoiding bead is worthy of its name.

Gu Mengdie saw the night god-like wife of General Fuguo as early as when the streamer shot out, and the soldiers around him naturally saw it too, not only that, but also yelled infatuatedly: "The wife of General Fuguo is here! "

Gu Mengdie just cupped his hands in the direction of Shi Chuying from afar, and then took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the fire source was extinguished to intensify efforts to evacuate the crowd while letting people continue to put out the fire.

Without the obstruction of the fire dragon, the soldiers on the east and west sides quickly gathered together. Shi Chuying looked at the gradually orderly crowd and left the scene quietly.

But Chu Xu was not so relaxed at this time.

'Fuchun Teahouse' is on the southwest side of Taiping Square. When the lighthouse collapsed, the spire happened to fall on the roof of 'Fuchun Teahouse', which also ignited the lanterns of Fuchun Teahouse. Soon, the curtains and curtains of the teahouse , The tables and chairs also burned, and even some bamboo tables and chairs in the hall made crackling sound of firecrackers, and finally the lichens burned.

Chu Wei's family lived in a private room on the second floor, and many of the families who booked the private room were familiar with each other, and the older children gathered to play together.

When the fire broke out, the adults were busy evacuating, but after searching, they found that several children were missing, including Angle and Yangeer.

Chu Wei ordered Shi Jian Shi Mo to escort Liu Shi and Sister Rong back to the house, while he searched for the two children around the teahouse with fireworks.

As soon as Chu Xu came to the roof of the teahouse, he heard Chu Wei's shout. He felt a thump in his heart, and hurriedly broke open a burning window that was about to fall, and jumped into the teahouse.

"Brother!" Chu Xu shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)