[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

Mrs. Dou has already made up her mind that when Daiyu really arrives at Rongguo Mansion, even if the two mansions have separated, she will go to see the child—even though the two mansions have separated, they still live on the same street. Neighbors have to walk around, don't they?After seeing someone, she will have a way to restore the child to health, at least she won't have to feel sorry for her own inadequacy.

After making up her mind, Mrs. Dou pinched her fingers and counted that Jia Rong and Jia Rong had been in the market for eight days, and they would be able to return home by tomorrow afternoon.With Mu's presence, the two of them don't have to worry about things when they go back to the mansion. Instead, they can invite an imperial physician to wait in the mansion earlier, and then they can feel the pulse of the two of them.

Just as he was thinking well, the anxious voice of Sun He's family came from outside: "Madam, something happened."

Madam Dou's heart tightened, she asked while putting on her clothes, "What happened?"

The voice of Sun He's family already carried the mouth: "The Gongyuan is on fire."

Gongyuan is on fire?Mrs. Dou only paused for a while in putting on her clothes, and then the horse sped up, and said to the outside: "Let someone hurry up and prepare the car and wait for me at the second gate."

Sun He's family responded, turned their heads and asked someone to prepare. When the carriage arrived at the second gate, Mrs. Dou and Jia Jing were both there.Jia Jing didn't want Mrs. Dou to go, but how could he beat her?I had no choice but to tell Sun He's family to keep an eye on the girl, and to accompany Mrs. Dou in the car and go out.

As soon as I got out of Ningrong Street, I realized that there were quite a few horses and chariots in Xianggongyuan, and they were all urging the horses at high speed.In the car, Mrs. Dou frowned, and the Gongyuan was on fire. This is something that has never happened in several generations, and it is unknown who did it.

No matter who it is, the two children of Ningguo Mansion are in the tribute courtyard. It's good that nothing happens. If something happens, Mrs. Dou will definitely not let him go.

Although the curfew time has passed, there is no one patrolling the road. I just feel that there are more and more cars and horses on the road, and the closer the cars are to the Gongyuan, the slower they go.Apparently, those who heard the news, all those who had children who took the exam were worried and wanted to come and see.Mrs. Dou didn't care about Jia Jing in the car, so she released her soul power early to look for Jia Rong and Jia Qiang in the tribute courtyard.

It was not the first time for Mrs. Dou to search for people from such a long distance. Although she was not familiar with the terrain, although it took some effort to find them, she quickly located Jia Rong and Jia Qiang.The terrible thing is that these two people are not close to each other. Jia Rong's room is far away from the fire point, and now she is covering her nose with a handkerchief, and keeps banging on the door of the room.

Jia Qiang was very close to the fire, and she was piled up at the door of the number room, unable to stand up.For the time being, Mrs. Dou ignored Jia Rong who was in a better condition, and quickly wrapped Jia Qiang with her soul power, so that the high temperature of the fire could no longer harm him.

Xu felt that the temperature had dropped a little, so Jia Qiang gradually recovered, stood up staggeringly, and tapped the door of the room just like Jia Rong, hoping that someone would open the door quickly and let herself out.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were not the only ones like this. The candidates who were locked in the number room were beating on the door of the number room, begging the invigilating officials to let them out.Those invigilators were also undecided - if they didn't let them go, they would end up in flames for many actions, and that would be a shocking scandal.Letting people go, for example, as soon as they enter the Tribute Court, the rules that must be completed must be broken.

Everyone's eyes were on the chief examiner of this spring, and Madam Dou also followed everyone's gaze, and recognized that the chief examiner was Jia Zhu, the second assistant who was knocked off by the emperor on the way to the Qionglin Banquet, the fourth prince. The main force of the series.

Hehe, Mrs. Dou immediately understood that the fire in the Gongyuan this time was just because the third prince could not see the arrogance of the fourth prince and wanted to cut off his right and left arms.This is really useless.

Fortunately, Cifu still has some people's hearts. Seeing that the fire could not be extinguished, he directly ordered all the judges to be released first, so that everyone should stay away from the fire point as much as possible, but they cannot leave the Gongyuan.

The disciples crowded together bustlingly, each one still in shock.Jia Rong looked around for Jia Qiang, and it took a while for the two brothers to come together and look at each other, feeling like they were alive after a catastrophe.Mrs. Dou looked at it with a relieved smile, and the two brothers also shared weal and woe.

Unexpectedly, the disciples managed to stay away from the fire point, and when their startled hearts were relieved, someone shouted: "This is terrible, the fire has already begun." Everyone looked, and at some point, the disciples stood still. There was a new fire point in the room next to the passage.

Now the examiners also discovered the abnormality, and while directing the examiners to move again, they ordered the soldiers who cooperated with the invigilator to check for suspicious persons.Mrs. Dou had already discovered that there were a few people who were quietly lighting fires around, and they were wearing the clothes of soldiers. As soon as their soul power came out, those people couldn't move.

The rest of the soldiers suddenly realized that the unmoving soldiers were standing in the wrong place, and even their brothers did not dare to hide it, so they reported to the second assistant.Being able to catch the arsonist, Cifu felt a little more relaxed, and was reminded by the invigilators: "Master the examiner, the fire is too scattered now, if the students are not allowed to leave the tribute courtyard, once the wind blows, I'm afraid... "Not only the child, but none of them can escape by themselves.

Jisuke no longer had the joy of catching the arsonist on his face, nor did he have the restraint he used to face lower-level officials, and he bowed his hands to several invigilators: "It is really necessary to order the opening of the tribute courtyard tonight. The saint in the future In front of you, I would also like to ask you adults to play it according to the facts."

The invigilators responded one after another, and they wished that the gate of the tribute courtyard would open sooner, otherwise, if the wind blows, the fire will burn no matter whether you are the invigilator or the examiner.Cifu was quite smart, even if he let the disciples go out of the tribute courtyard, he would let the soldiers set aside a space in front of the gate of the tribute courtyard.

When Mrs. Dou was looking for Jia Qiang just now, she found that in the number room closer to the original fire than him, there were already three or four candidates who passed out from the smoke. He didn't come out after a few moves.

Now everyone is rushing to the entrance of the Gongyuan, and no one is going to check if there are still people who have not come out.Fortunately, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang squeezed out together, supported each other and did not get knocked down, and they arrived at the designated place smoothly.

Mrs. Dou finally breathed a sigh of relief when they got out of the tribute courtyard, then her head felt like it was exploding, and she passed out with a bang.Jia Jing had been watching the situation in the Gongyuan from afar, and when he heard Madam Dou's voice, he turned around and saw that she was already slumped on the seat, and hurriedly asked: "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"

No one responded, Jia Jing felt bad, turned around and pushed Mrs. Dou, and found that there was no response, even the soul was frightened, and he half hugged Mrs. Dou tremblingly, pinching her. , Shouting: "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you, wake up, wake up quickly."

Outside, Jiao Da heard that Jia Jing's voice didn't sound like it, and asked, "Master, what's wrong with Madam?"

Jia Jing's voice was trembling: "Your wife has passed out."

Jiao Da didn't care what Jia Jing meant, and directed the coachman to turn around and go back home.I don't want to think that there are many vehicles coming behind their carriage. How can the carriage turn around?

It can be considered that Jiao Da was a little quick-witted, and asked Jia Jing for instructions: "Master, the car can't turn around. The slave offended the wife, so why don't you go back to the house with the wife behind your back?"

How can there be so much attention at this time, Jia Jing nodded in agreement, he didn't even have the strength to hug Madam Dou out of the carriage, seeing Jiao Da was nothing, he didn't care about the difference between men and women, let alone master and slave, so he pushed her away. Open Jia Jing and carry Mrs. Dou on his back.

Fortunately, there were enough people with me, and they surrounded and supported them, and gradually walked out of the street crowded with carriages.It's not that no one saw it, at this time everyone was worried about the comfort of the children of their own family, so how could they care about whose family it was?But they all understood that this was because they were worried about their own children fainting, and they all felt a little sympathetic, and consciously let their carriage out of the way.

It wasn't until they were almost out of the street that someone asked, "But Mr. Jia?"

Jia Jing heard the voice familiar, but couldn't tell who it was in his eagerness, so he answered vaguely.The man said: "My carriage can still turn around, why don't we give Master Jia a ride."

This place is half a city away from Ningguo Mansion, and it is best to have a carriage. Jia Jing thanked the people in the carriage with gratitude. He is also a member of the Zhou family, and has met him once or twice in Zhou's Cheng's residence.

The two of them didn't care about the greetings, Jia Jing said a big kindness to others without saying thanks, Jiao Da had already put Madam Dou into the carriage again, got on the carriage and drove quickly, and it was almost Ningrong Street, Madam Dou woke up .

I just felt a splitting headache, thinking it was because I used my soul power for too long just now, and I had to protect Jia Qiang too much, so I had to continue to pretend to be dead by myself, so as to save myself from the whirling after opening my eyes.Jia Jing heard her snort when she woke up, and asked in a low voice, "Madam?"

Mrs. Dou heard his worry, and responded with a hum. Jia Jing was already in tears with excitement: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Madam is worried that Rong'er should also take care of her own body."

You can shut up.If Mrs. Dou was in good spirits, she would definitely say this to him right away.It's just that now it's difficult to speak up by myself, so I let Jia Jing do it emotionally.

The disciples of the Ningguo Mansion went out on their own initiative, and did not dare to sleep anymore, trying to wait for the news.Hearing the sound of the carriage, he thought it was his master who had returned, and ran to meet him on the street, but when he saw that it was not his carriage, he gave a sip in disappointment, turned around and wanted to go back to the porter and continue to sit.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Da's voice came: "You bastard, who are you talking about, why don't you open the door quickly, and then find someone to invite the imperial physician."

Menzi trembled when he heard Jiao Da's voice, turned around with a poignant smile and wanted to salute Jiao Da, but Jiao Da stopped him impatiently: "Hurry up and open the door."

The big butler of the mansion opened the door himself, the door dared not be negligent, he hurriedly opened the side door, and the carriage entered the mansion like a gust of wind.When they arrived at the second gate, Sun He's family had already led people to wait there with soft sedan chairs, Madam Dou forced herself out of the carriage, sat in the soft sedan chair and told Jiao Da: "Light up all the night watchmen, and be careful at the door. There is no need to hire an imperial doctor, be careful of thieves taking advantage of the chaos to break the ban."

Jia Jing raised his voice: "Ma'am, what can I do if I don't invite the imperial physician." If something happens to you, I can't mess with this Ningguo Mansion.

Madam Dou saw that Jiao Da turned around and was about to leave, so she had to raise her voice: "Do as I say. If the master insists on going his own way, you, Jiao Da, knock him unconscious and send him to the study."

Jiao Da froze in shock, although he was brought up by his wife to be the housekeeper, and he usually listened to his wife's words more than his master's, but it was all because of his wife's orders and never harmed the master's interests.

Now I don't know why my wife came up with the idea of ​​asking him to knock the master unconscious and send him to the study, but what should he do?Madam Dou doesn't want to say a word now, she just wants to lie back on her bed and take some medicine.He glanced at Jia Jing bitterly, if you dare to let Jiao Da go out, I will really let him knock you out.

Jia Jing was stunned by the look in her eyes, he couldn't figure out how he got this treatment because he just asked someone to hire a doctor for his wife.Could this be the legendary flattery on a horse's hoof?

Sighing, Jia Jing waved his hand to Jiao Da: "Do as your wife tells you." He watched Sun He's family carry his wife back to Ningxuan Hall.Mrs. Dou let Sun He's family scrub and wash her face, and then she stuck her head on the bed, and she didn't know what day or night it was.

Jia Jing quietly withdrew from Ningxuan Hall. When he got to the second gate, he wanted Jiao Da to invite the imperial physician, but found that Jiao Da was waiting around the second gate. When he saw him coming, he trotted up to meet him: "Master, I just sent the boy away quietly. I went to invite the imperial doctor, who knows that there are soldiers everywhere at the intersection. No one is allowed to enter or leave. I went to see it myself, and it is a soldier from the Beijing camp."

As soon as the Gongyuan was on fire, the soldiers from the Jingying entered the city. No matter how dull Jia Jing was, he understood that this was abnormal, not to mention that he was not a dull person.At this point, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body: "Have all the night watchmen gathered?"

Jiao Da nodded, in admiration: "Thanks to my wife's thoughtfulness, not only those who should be in class today, but also those who are not in class, I have already asked people to guard the four gates and go to patrol everywhere."

At this time, Jia Zhen also came over with her clothes on, and Jia Jing kicked him in anger: "Didn't you hear that the Gongyuan was on fire, and you only got up at this time, waiting for someone to collect your body?"

Jia Zhen grinned wryly, knowing that now that she was angry, it was not the time to defend herself.Jiao Da is still quite benevolent: "When I go out with the master and his wife, I tell the boy at the door not to allow the master to go out, lest there is no master in the house, and no one to make decisions when things happen."

This reason is still plausible, but Jia Jing couldn't calm down: "Why didn't you see him greet the wife when she returned home?"

Jiao Da had no choice but to continue to defend Jia Zhen: "When the wife returned home, the uncle was leading people to watch the night, and he missed it. Just now I sent someone to call someone who should not be on duty, and the uncle stepped into the ditch. I just went back and changed my clothes."

Well, I felt like I shouldn't have kicked him just now.This idea only flashed in Jia Jing's mind, but he ignored it. He said to Jia Zhen in a vicious voice, "Security in the mansion, and the troubles in the street are not my business." The princes are fighting for the throne, so let them Dogs eat dogs, and the family doesn't get involved.

Speaking of not getting involved, thinking about the two grandsons who were still in front of the Gongyuan, Jia Jing felt like cutting out: those people dared to set fire in the Gongyuan, how could they let them go easily because they left the Gongyuan?

They have knives in their hands!

"Jiao Da." Jia Jing gritted his teeth and called Jiao Da solemnly.Hearing that his tone was not as usual, Jiao Da responded cautiously: "Master, please tell me something."

With the light on, Jia Jing fixedly looked at Jiao Da: "Now your little masters are still in front of the gate of the Gongyuan. It's good that the soldiers in the Beijing camp are maintaining law and order. If you follow the man-made chaos, your little masters..."

Jiao Da couldn't help thinking of Mrs. Dou's order just now: "Master, Madam said that you will not be allowed to leave the house."

Jia Jing was firmer than ever: "If something happens to the little master in the house, what's the point of us being alive?"

Jia Zhen stepped forward and begged, "Master, let me go."

Jia Jing looked at him contemptuously: "What can you do? Just take care of the mansion and guard it."

Jiao Dayi stomped his feet: "Master, you don't need to worry about this matter, even if you gave up the life of this old slave, let someone bring back the little masters."

Jia Jing shook his head: "How could you get out of Ningrong Street without a master taking it with you?"

Jiao Da smiled at Jia Jing: "It's not like the ancestors never thought about this day." Jia Jing and Jia Zhen looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine Jiao Da was selling in the gourd.

I saw Jiao Da calling out to a servant, chanting the names of more than a dozen people, telling him to go and call them.When people came, they were all strong men in their 40s, and they were all on guard at night in the mansion.

Jia Jing pointed at these people and was speechless, but Jiao Da explained clearly in one sentence: "These people accompanied the old man to the killing field, and when the old man went, he asked the slaves to watch them so that they could not slack off their efforts. "After speaking, he said to those people: "The mansion has raised your family for so many years, and now it's time to use you again. If anyone's legs are weak, tell you Mr. Jiao, and you are allowed to stay."

More than a dozen people knelt down on one leg and paused at Jia Jing and Jia Zhen: "I am willing to listen to the master's order."

Jia Jing and Jia Zhenhe never thought that among the night watchmen in their family, there are still some people like this. They usually don't bother to see these people, and the rewards are not extra than others, but these people don't ask anything, just let themselves Father and son send.

"Jiao Da, it's no wonder you often want to cry for your ancestors. I, Jia Jing, really feel ashamed of my ancestors."

"My lord, just wait for Jiao Da's letter in the mansion." Jiao Da did not cooperate with Jia Jing's sentimentality, waved to the dozen or so people, and led them to the ancestral hall of Ningguo Mansion.Jia Jing and Jia Zhen followed behind Jiao Da and the others without knowing why, and they didn't want them to enter the gate of the ancestral hall, so they directly blocked the door from the inside and killed it.

Mrs. Dou got up early the next day, only to hear that Jiao Da had brought more than a dozen people to rescue Jia Rong and Jia Qiang in the middle of the night. After all, Mrs. Dou, who is so well-informed, is also a little uncertain.

What I can figure out is that there must be a secret way in Jia's ancestral hall. In the original book, Jiao Da wanted to go to the ancestral hall to cry for his grandfather without moving, and there was a reason for him.Now unless Jiao Da comes back, Mrs. Dou doesn't know where the secret passage leads to, whether Jiao Da and others can reach the Gongyuan smoothly, let alone whether Jia Rong and the others can be rescued.He wanted people to go out and inquire about the situation in the Gongyuan, but the soldiers were still guarding the street, and no one was allowed to go out.

Jia Jing also wanted to knock open the door of the ancestral hall to see where the secret passage was located and where it led, but was stopped by Madam Dou—now the people in the Beijing camp don’t know what they are waiting for, and they don’t intend to attack the various government offices. , The sudden disturbances in my own home were shaking, which made the soldiers suspicious and self-defeating.

I waited anxiously for a whole day, except for Jia Yuan, who didn't know much about the world, no one in the house could afford to eat, and the Mu family and their daughter stayed in Mrs. Mu's Buddhist hall all the time, kneeling and begging for the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

Thinking that the baby in Mu's womb is more than seven months old, Mrs. Dou asked someone to persuade her to go back to her room to have a safe pregnancy, but she didn't dare to have a premature birth at this juncture, otherwise there would be nowhere for Wen Po to invite her.

In the evening, Mrs. Dou felt that instead of fidgeting in the mansion, she should go out to see how the situation was going, and at worst she had to bring Jia Rong and the two back.As for how to explain it in the future, that is a matter for the future.

He sent everyone out, changed into light clothes, and walked out the door without making a sound.It all depends on her not forgetting to exercise after taking over this body, otherwise Madam Dou can't guarantee that she can walk back to Ningguo Mansion after this journey.

Fifty steps away on both sides of the road, there were soldiers with swords and armor standing, holding torches one by one, looking around vigilantly, not knowing who they were defending, and why they didn't take the next step.Mrs. Dou had to use her soul power to cover her whereabouts, and when she arrived at the Gongyuan, she already had headaches again.

After finding a hidden alley, Madam Dou stopped, took out a bottle of repairing liquid and poured it down, waiting for the effect of the medicine to take effect.There was the sound of kicking footsteps at the entrance of the street. A group of soldiers walked past the alley with torches. Mrs. Dou was standing tightly against the wall, already holding the laser weapon in her hands.The group of soldiers just glanced into the alley, but no one came in to check carefully, so they continued to move forward.Madam Dou let out a sigh of relief just now.

But for a moment, Madam Dou felt that the fatigue of her body had been completely relieved, so she released her soul power, and unexpectedly discovered that Jiao Da and others were lurking in an alley less than fifty steps away from the Gongyuan, looking out for something.

It turned out that Jia Rong and the others were being surrounded by soldiers, and a general was shouting at Cifu, "Master Cifu, don't think that someone will come to rescue you, the envoy Wang Jiedu is in the palace right now." Protecting the saint, Concubine Zhen and the Fourth Prince are among the guards, Mr. Cifu should hurry up and follow the general into the palace."

Are you kidding me?Mrs. Dou looked at the general very puzzled. You, the leader of the army, still need such good words to deal with a bad old man in his 60s?If he doesn't go with you, you won't let the soldiers drag him away, and you have to use the lives of these officers to threaten him and make him submit?It's been half the night and one day, are you just playing tricks on him like this?

If the old man really had a heart of benevolence, how could he get involved with the fourth prince.

Hearing Cifu laughing: "The third prince finally can't pretend anymore? It's a pity that the sky net is extensive and sparse. Compared with the emperor who has no plans, what is the little trick of the third prince? Wang Ziteng raised troops to Beijing without authorization. , the Holy Son of Heaven has already noticed it. You said that Wang Ziteng is now guarding the saint in the palace, isn't he guilty?"

What?Mrs. Dou was shocked by the development of the situation again. Could it be that Cifu was not knocked out by the emperor in his previous life, but protected?But why afterwards, Cisuke still ended up with a lot of gangsters?

From their conversation, it is not difficult to hear that the soldiers of the Beijing camp dare not act rashly now, because Prince Teng who has entered the palace has no way of knowing whether he will succeed or fail, and those who follow him cannot get further orders.This military general wanted Cifu to enter the palace, did he want to use him to lure the palace gate open?