The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 93 If you want to survive, you can only rely on yourself
"It's been a while, and she still has time to go out and relax?" Ye Zhaoqing felt very funny when he heard this.

Nanny Li was a little embarrassed when she heard the words: "Miss, I'm sorry, the servants can't guess what the second miss is thinking."

"Ye Xiangwan's thoughts are not something you can guess." Ye Zhaoqing smiled and said, "It's late at night, Nanny Li, you should go back and rest early! I already understand the basic situation in this mansion. .”

"Miss, please take care." After hearing this, Nanny Li hesitated for a moment and said, "On the bright side, the servant did not dare to say good things for the lady in front of the old lady. Please forgive me."

"I thought so too. In front of everyone, just pretend you don't know me." Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said, "Nurse is the most important chess piece I placed beside the old lady. Use it wisely!"

Nanny Li was a little terrified when she heard this.

"Don't worry, mammy, even if I ask you to do something for me in the future, it will definitely not be something harmful, let alone threaten your wealth and life, mammy, it's just asking for some justice."

After hearing this, Nanny Li hurriedly said: "Miss! You have an order, and slaves are bound to be defined!"

"I know." Ye Zhaoqing smiled and said, "Mommy, go back and rest!"

Nanny Li thanked again and again, and then took advantage of the cover of night to sneak out.

Ye Zhaoqing had already sent Shen Lang to secretly protect him to ensure that no one would find out about it.

After a busy day, she was indeed a little sleepy at this time. After a hasty wash, she went to bed.

The entire Hou Mansion was then plunged into darkness.

In the middle of the night, Ye Zhaoqing was suddenly awakened by Liu'er's screams, accompanied by billowing thick smoke, which made her cough immediately.

"Miss! Get up quickly! Our yard is on fire!" Ye Zhaoqing couldn't see anything due to the smoke in the room, only heard Liu'er's anxious shout and the outstretched hands.

Ye Zhaoqing was taken aback, but didn't have time to think about it, grabbed that hand, turned over and got out of bed, hurriedly took out his coat and put it on.

"Miss! This servant will take you out! Cough cough!" Liu'er coughed, while holding Ye Zhaoqing's hand tightly, pulling her and walking outside the house.

After leaving the bedroom, the main room was already covered in a sea of ​​flames, and the escape route had long been blocked.

There were bursts of noise in the outer yard, the sound of running back and forth, and the sound of calling Ye Zhaoqing, but no one came in.

Seeing this scene, Ye Zhaoqing's eyes instantly turned cold.

She knew that Ye Xiangwan would not be able to hold back in the three days after returning to Ningguohou's Mansion, but Ye Zhaoqing never expected that Ye Xiangwan would actually make a move on the first day, and couldn't wait for a day .

So eagerly looking forward to her death!
How could she let her down?

Ye Zhaoqing squinted his eyes, and suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Liu Er who was anxiously shouting outside, trying to move the rescuers, and said in a deep voice: "Stop shouting! We can't get out here, we can Jump out the back window!"

Liu'er was taken aback for a moment, then a gleam of joy appeared on her face, she nodded hurriedly, pulled Ye Zhaoqing back into the bedroom, and went straight to the back window sill.

However, no matter how hard the two people pushed, the two windows remained motionless, showing no sign of opening.

No matter how calm Liu'er was, she couldn't help crying: "Miss! The window can't be opened, what should I do?"

"Don't worry." Ye Zhaoqing was not discouraged, she pushed the window hard again, frowned and said: "I'm nailed to death! This is planned long ago, and it is my life."

Liu'er was startled when she heard the words, and then remembered the faces of Mrs. Ye and Ye Xiangwan today, and immediately shouted excitedly: "It's the old lady and the second lady who did it! It must be them!"

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, anxiously thinking of a solution. Just now, she sent a distress signal to Shen Lang and Ji Yan, but unfortunately, they didn't respond.

It seems that everything can only depend on oneself.

Ye Zhaoqing took a deep breath, pulled out the dagger from his sleeve, glanced at Liu'er who was already in disarray, and ordered: "What are you doing here in a daze? Go find a bench and break open the window! The fire in the main room doesn't burn so fast. to here!"

"Oh, yes, miss!" Liu'er nodded in a daze when she heard the words, then turned around and picked up a stool from the foot of the bed, and slammed it towards the window.

"Boom!" One sound, two sounds, Liu'er almost exerted all her breastfeeding strength, but there was still no movement from the two windows.

Ye Zhaoqing walked over with a sullen face, suddenly raised the dagger in his hand, and stabbed towards the wooden window like lightning!At the same time, the candlelight in the room was also extinguished in an instant.

With a sneer, the dagger pierced through the window, and stuck on something!
There was a muffled hum immediately outside the window!

"Someone is blocking the window outside!" Ye Zhaoqing's expression became even uglier.He raised his hand to prevent Liu'er from continuing to smash down.

Liu'er held up the stool in a daze and forgot to smash it, and said in horror, "Miss! What should we do? Those people are guarding outside, we can't get out at all!"

"Even if we go out, we will probably be dealt with with a knife." Ye Zhaoqing's voice was surprisingly calm: "It seems that the situation is getting more serious, and the best choice is to stay here and wait for rescue."

As she said that, she put away the dagger in her hand and began to patrol the room.

Liu'er didn't know what she was looking for, but seeing Ye Zhaoqing like this, her panicked heart gradually calmed down.

Soon, Ye Zhaoqing's target was locked on the door curtain on the right side, behind that was a side room, which was specially used for her usual bathing and bathing.

The fire started from the main room. Since the side room is the most remote, it didn't catch fire, but it was filled with thick smoke.

"Liu'er, I fell asleep after taking a bath last night, did you tell someone to pour out the bath water?" Ye Zhaoqing asked quickly.

Liu'er was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded: "No! The servant saw that you were sleeping so soundly, and thought that carrying the bathtub in and out would disturb you, so I left it alone and planned to clean it up tomorrow. .”

"That's great!" Ye Zhaoqing immediately beamed with joy when he heard the words, "With the water in this tub, maybe the two of us can escape this catastrophe!" After speaking, he lifted his feet and walked into the ear room.

Liu'er also followed with joy on her face full of desperation.

In the room, Ye Zhaoqing had already started to pick up the water ladle, and poured the water in the bathtub on her body one by one. In an instant, her body was soaked. Seeing Liu'er coming in, she continued to pour Liu The child was also wet.

Liu'er was at a loss: "Miss, what are you doing?"

Ye Zhaoqing grabbed the curtain hanging in the room to water it, and hurriedly replied: "If you are wet, the fire won't burn you!" Then, he stuffed a piece of cloth into Liu'er's hand, and said: " Quick! Come with me and block the door!"

Liu'er didn't know why, but immediately followed Ye Zhaoqing's instructions. The two little girls were dripping wet, squatting on the ground and carefully blocking every gap in the doorway.

After finishing all this, Ye Zhaoqing pulled out the dagger, took a wooden stick from the corner of the wall and handed it to Liu Er, saying, "Use it for self-defense!"

"Okay!" Liu'er nodded hurriedly, grabbed the wooden stick, and although she was trembling with fear, she still tried her best to stare at her surroundings.

"Listen, it's quiet outside." Ye Zhaoqing said in a deep voice.

Liu'er immediately became nervous when she heard the words: "Miss! This is not right! How could other people in the house turn a blind eye to such a big commotion of the fire? Everyone rushed to put out the fire, the scene should be very lively!"

As she said that, she suddenly trembled all over, looked at Ye Zhaoqing with fearful eyes and said: "Miss, tell me, could it be that Master Hou ordered someone to make this fire?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ye Zhaoqing immediately shook his head when he heard the words: "It's not good for him if I die! There are many people in this manor who wish for my death, but Ye Chen is definitely not included!"

Seeing her determined appearance, Liu'er immediately forgot what to say.

"I don't know how long we can hold on, and whether we can wait until someone comes to save us." Ye Zhaoqing said, with a wry smile, and said, "I thought they were all a group of women, even if they wanted to play tricks, they were just the ones commonly used by housewives." method, but I never expected that my grandmother and elder sister act in a manly way, and they act swiftly and resolutely!"

"Miss! It's already this time, so stop praising others, okay?" Liu Er said with a helpless face when she heard the words: "Let's think of a way, how to get out!"

"I think you are too nervous, let's adjust the atmosphere!" Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly, but suddenly raised his hand like lightning, and the dagger in his hand rushed out like an arrow from Li Xuan, and nailed it to the window with a bang , and soon there was another scream outside.

Liu'er was stunned, she didn't even know how to speak for a moment, Ye Zhaoqing ignored her, rushed over and pulled out the dagger on the window, held it tightly in his hand and said: "This hand of mine , at most stabbing them, but not killing them, and I don’t know how many people are guarding outside.”

"Then, Miss, how long can we hold on?" Liu Er asked bitterly.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at her when she heard the words, sighed and said: "Liu'er, I'm sorry, if I had known about such a day, I would not have picked you up from the Jokhang Temple that day."

"But Miss, you have already accepted it!" Liu'er heard the words and immediately said: "Since the slave recognizes you as the master, it is the slave's responsibility to live and die with the master! Miss, you don't need to say sorry!"

Seeing her firm appearance, Ye Zhaoqing was inexplicably moved. This is the first person in her life who is willing to give up her heart.

"But no matter what, I don't want both of us to die here." Ye Zhaoqing said in a deep voice, "It's only one that escapes."

Liu'er opened her mouth to answer, Ye Zhaoqing suddenly made a booing movement, raised her eyes and stared at the window sill.

I saw a faint smoke slowly blowing in from the outside through the gap of the window sill.

"Playing with drugs in front of me, I really can't control myself." Ye Zhaoqing sneered when he saw this, and walked over with a piece of drenched curtain, blocking all the gaps in the window.

Soon, there was a coughing sound outside, followed by the sound of heavy objects falling and being dragged away.

No need to think about it, Ye Zhaoqing knew that the people guarding the window had changed again.

But no matter how they change, these people are here to put her to death.

When will those people who should have received the news to save her earlier come?

Ye Zhaoqing stood in front of the window, holding the dagger tightly in his hand, thinking about this question.

The flames in the main room burned more and more, and there was half a tank of water in the side room, but Ye Zhaoqing and Liu Er were both powerless, just dealing with the assassinations outside the window had exhausted all their strength, how could they have the energy to fight the fire?

Ye Zhaoqing doesn't care about this magnificent house, if it burns, it doesn't matter, but Liu'er thought of the scene that Ye Chen triumphantly pointed at the decorations in the house and introduced them to them, a pain in her heart Come.

These all represent Hou Ye's love for her young lady!
Unfortunately, it was all burned down.

"What's the pity, I'm about to be burned to death, or murdered in secret. My father doesn't know that he's hiding in that concubine's bed and dreaming of the king's dream!" Ye Zhaoqing sneered, "I don't know what to do when I wait. How will he feel when he wakes up?"

Liu'er was very weird when he heard these words, so he didn't dare to speak up immediately.

Ye Zhaoqing didn't intend to continue, she was always staring at the window.That was their hope of escape, but it was also a catastrophe.

But the strange thing was that it was very quiet outside the window at the moment.

Ye Zhaoqing could only hear the crackling sound of the flames burning in the inner and outer courtyards, but could not hear anything, no matter whether it was human or beast, no one made a sound.

It's weird, it's really weird!

With a sound of "Boom!", there was a huge vibration in the main room, Liu'er was so startled that she almost jumped up.

Ye Zhaoqing calmly whispered in her ear: "Don't be afraid, that's just the sound of the beams collapsing."

The beams of the house have collapsed, so what a fire!After hearing this, Liu Er, who was just shocked at first, immediately showed a trace of fear on her face.Obviously, Ye Zhaoqing's appeasement had the opposite effect.

But she couldn't care less, the people ambushing outside the window made her dare not relax at all.

But at this moment, there was a burst of noisy footsteps in the yard, and someone shouted: "Fire! It's a big fire! Hurry up and put out the fire!"

That was Ye Chen's voice, it lacked the usual calmness and self-control, instead it was panicked.

Finally, there was movement in the deathly quiet Ningguohou Mansion.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Ye Zhaoqing's mouth.

"Miss! We're saved!" Liu'er heard the voice outside, and a hint of surprise and surprise appeared in her terrified eyes: "Did you hear that? That's Lord Hou's voice! He hasn't forgotten you, Miss!"

"It's too early for you to be happy now." Ye Zhaoqing's eyes were fixed on the outside of the window, and he said in a deep voice: "Before my father's men find us, those people will find a way to take our lives. Don't say anything more, hurry up and be vigilant! If we want to survive, we can only rely on ourselves!"

After hearing this, Liu'er's expression froze, and she clenched the stick in her hand again.

But Ye Zhaoqing shook his head, grabbed the wooden stick and threw it away, grabbed a fan from somewhere and handed it to her, lowered his voice and said: "Listen to my orders later."

Liu'er didn't understand what she was doing at all, but she was very convinced by Ye Zhaoqing, and nodded immediately upon hearing this.

But in the smoke, Ye Zhaoqing couldn't see her movements clearly.

In order to show his love for Ye Zhaoqing, Ye Chen put a lot of effort into building this house, which occupies the largest area in the Hou Mansion. This caused the yard to catch fire tonight. He was in a hurry, but couldn't find where Ye Zhaoqing's person was for a while.

And this gave those who were ambushing outside the window an opportunity to take advantage of.

When Ye Chen's men were still shouting desperately in the yard, "Miss, where are you?", the rear window sill suddenly opened from the outside.

Ye Zhaoqing was waiting for this moment. When a few dark figures rushed up from the window, she suddenly let go of the tightly clenched fist of her left hand, and threw a large amount of powder in her hand to outside the window.

The next moment, she shouted at Liu'er: "Liu'er! Fan quickly! Fan desperately!"

Liu'er got the order, and immediately frantically waved the fan in her hand up and down, and Ye Zhaoqing's medicine powder floated out of the window with this force, covering it completely.

"Dong Dong!" Two sounds, and the two figures on the window all fell down.

It's so powerful!

Liu'er was dumbfounded, and fanned her hand desperately!
The people outside the window all retreated far away.

Liu Er breathed a sigh of relief, but Ye Zhaoqing knew that these people would never let it go.

Sure enough, not long after, there was a burst of dense piercing sounds outside!
"Lie down!" While Ye Zhaoqing was speaking, he had already grabbed Liu'er, squatted down quickly, and hid behind the bathtub.

"Chi Chi Chi!" The sound of arrows sounded continuously, and Liu'er's face turned pale with fright when she saw this scene.

Ye Zhaoqing said bitterly: "These people used arrows blatantly, which shows that the two of us have cornered him!"

In the intermittent sound of piercing through the air, Ye Zhaoqing's voice seemed very deep, almost drowned, but Liu'er still heard every word clearly, and she said with a mournful face: "Miss, what should we do!"

"What else can I do, cold salad!" Ye Zhaoqing gritted his teeth and said this sentence, racking his brains to think of a way.

Throwing poisonous smoke can only be used once, and her dagger can be used for assassination, but if you really want to meet those people outside, you are no match for them at all.Now, those people have even used arrows, and they are not afraid of being discovered by Ningguo Hou Yechen, which shows that the matter has reached a critical step.

Those people will burn their boats and take her life at all costs!

Otherwise, they will die!
what to do?What should she do?
Ye Zhaoqing was anxious, but she was helpless. To be honest, she and Liu'er were already at their limit to be able to persist until now!

"Miss! What's that sound?" Suddenly there was a slight sound in the quiet room, and Liu'er immediately screamed loudly: "What are you doing?"

"I didn't move at all." Ye Zhaoqing replied in a deep voice.

Liu'er trembled immediately when she heard the words: "But the sound came from our room!"

(End of this chapter)