Spring Forest Evening

In this way, the three of them and one dog fell asleep peacefully, and Zhou Heng had a dream about Shen Fu in the middle.

In the dream, Shen Fu was wearing the handsome black riding uniform embroidered with golden dragons that day when he came to say goodbye to her. He was tall, his legs were strong and his waist was thin, and he carried a bow and arrow on his back. He looked like a servant rushing back from outside. , but he carried a very large birdcage in his hand in a very unsuitable manner. What was in the birdcage could not be seen clearly.

Zhou Heng in the dream thought it was funny, but he didn't expect that Shen Fu really hunted a bird, and asked himself if he liked it with a timid face. A beam of sunlight was shining on his face, making his eyes dark and bright, and the bridge of his nose even more obvious. Straight, very cute.

All right, for the sake of being handsome, although I don’t know what kind of bird it is, I’d better keep it, Zhou Heng moved closer to have a look:

"I like it, but this bird is too big, isn't it? Is it good to raise?"

But it's very strange, obviously the big bird is standing in the cage, but it can't be seen clearly, as if it is covered by a cloud of smoke, and the bird is also a bit weird, standing there with two big wings in the cage Motionless, just like a human being.

Was it frightened?Zhou Heng was suspicious, raised his head and asked Shen Fu: "What kind of bird is this, why is there no movement?"

"No, I brought it back after raising it for a few days. I had an arrow wound on my foot, which has already been healed." Shen Fu explained in a warm voice, and brought the birdcage closer to her: "You Let's take a closer look!"

Zhou Heng obediently moved towards the birdcage, but unexpectedly, as soon as he approached the cage, a big bird's head suddenly popped out from the hazy black mist in front of his eyes, with two eyes similar to those of a human's. Staring at her like eyes, Zhou Heng shouted reflexively in fright: "Shen Fu!"

Then I woke up from my dream!

No, to be precise, he was actually awakened by the movement of Chun Yu.

"What's the matter, Chun Yu?" In the haze, seeing Chun Yu bending over, rubbing her legs and rubbing her legs, she made a low sound of gasping, probably because she was walking around in the dark and kicked the legs of the table and chair, which hurt her.

"Is it noisy to you?" Chun Yu still lowered her voice, but Chun Tao on the ground was still sleeping soundly with her head next to the little shadow by the pillow:

"Miss Cousin, it's raining outside, it sounds quite loud, and there's thunder. I want to go ahead and see if the pot of gardenias has been brought in—"

Before the words were finished, "Boom", there was a loud thunderstorm outside, but this battle only caused a man and a dog on the ground to utter a few babbles, and then they still slept soundly.

"These two sleep like piglets!" Zhou Heng smiled softly, and seeing Chun Yu still limping about to go behind the screen, he stopped her again in a low voice: "Hey, forget it!" Well, it doesn't matter if it rains a little more, if the rain is heavy, the desk will be wet when the window is opened later."

Chun Yu thought about it, so she limped back and groped to lie down again, but after such a toss, both of them couldn't fall asleep, so they lay there and continued to talk in a low voice.

Zhou Heng was talking to himself: "I don't know how far the palace is from the capital. It's raining so heavily here, so I don't know if it's raining on the prince's side."

In the dark, Chun Yu pursed her lips and smiled silently. Miss Biao really missed the prince, although she definitely didn't admit it:

"I haven't been there either, but I heard from Mu Yun that it's not too far away, and it only takes a day to ride in a carriage. If you hurry up, maybe it will be there in two or three hours."

Speaking of this, Chun Yu suddenly turned her head and said to Zhou Heng with a light smile: "Miss Biao, you don't know that Mu Yun usually looks very stable, but this time the prince is going to the palace, he is very happy, and he will go to the palace with you." The servant girl and Chuntao are bragging! Didn't expect that?"

Mu Yun?Zhou Heng thought about it for a while, um, that guy usually looks like a mature young man. He has become the captain of the guard at such an age, so he has to be more prudent, or he won’t be able to convince the crowd, but what about:

"What is there to be happy about going to the palace? Does he follow the prince to do things? Also, what is he bragging to you about?"

"Hey, he's the captain. Why do he do things himself? He just goes hunting with the prince." Chun Yu listened with disapproval: "In the past, the old prince took the prince to the palace to escape the summer heat, but Mu Yun was still young at that time. I didn't catch up, so I was very happy to be able to follow this time, thinking about showing off my skills, no, when the prince came to our place that day, didn't he also come, and he was still bragging in front of slaves and Chuntao, saying If you want to follow the prince to beat a tiger back, at worst, you can also beat a wolf back!"

It turned out that the purpose of going to the palace was to hunt, and I thought it was to be a security guard for the emperor. Zhou Heng found that he had gained knowledge, and Shen Fu was a prince after all. Events still need to be organized several times...

While talking, sleepiness came back, Zhou Heng yawned: "Sleep, Chunyu, Chuntao has had a few sweet dreams!"

He didn't hear the answer next to him, so he thought Chun Yu had fallen asleep, and lifted the quilt over his body. It was raining outside, and the temperature dropped a bit.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the twilight, Chun Yu called out to herself in a low voice: "Miss Biao, are you asleep?"

"Hmm..." Zhou Heng was a little sleepy, and replied in a daze, "Go to sleep!"

But he heard a rustling sound, and felt Chun Yu stand up from the ground, and asked again in a low voice: "Miss Biao, do you smell any smoke?"

smoke?Zhou Heng didn't move, and sniffed hard with his nose. There seemed to be a trace, if there was nothing, and he replied in a daze: "It seems to be there."

Thinking about it this way, people wake up a little bit. This is ancient times. There are wooden products everywhere, even the houses are made of wood, and candles are used at night. After being here for so many days, Zhou Heng also knows the deep house compound. The importance of fire prevention awareness, it has not rained for a long time, and the sky is dry, so I sniffed hard again: "It seems to smell a little smoke."

"It couldn't have floated in from outside, could it be that it was hit by this lightning somewhere?" Chun Yu had thought about it just now, and felt that it must not be Liufeng Pavilion. If it is not right, it will not wait until now, it can only be elsewhere in the mansion or even another mansion, so half of it is curiosity, half is vigilance, and finally decided: "Miss Biao, you can rest assured to sleep, this servant will go downstairs and go out." have a look."

Zhou Heng is already awake at this moment. After all, the thunder and lightning above his head are sometimes far and near, one after another. The thunderstorm in summer is really scary. Since he can smell the smoke at this moment, maybe there is really something nearby. The family mansion may not be set on fire, but at this time, most of the masters in the mansion followed the emperor to the palace, and the night patrols may slack off for a while. Chun Yu said that it is good to go out and have a look, but I hope it is not Jing. In the palace.

Zhou Heng sat on the bed and waited. Chun Yu didn't turn on the lamp, so he went downstairs gropingly. Anyway, it was accompanied by thunder and lightning, so he could see clearly.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Zhou Heng had just yawned twice, when Chun Yu came up silently: "Miss Biao!" The deliberately lowered voice sounded quite panicked.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Heng thumped: "Is there really a fire somewhere? Could it be our mansion?"

"Miss Cousin!" Chun Yu rushed over quickly, and even stepped on Chun Tao who was on the ground. Fortunately, the little girl was still in a dream, she turned over from the pain and slept well.

"Chun Tao!" Chun Yu immediately bent over and called her, "Wake up!"

"What's the matter Chun Yu?" Zhou Heng heard her tone of panic that he had never felt before, and immediately sat up: "Is it in our mansion? It's very close?"

Chunyu didn't answer immediately, she was still shaking Chuntao: "Wake up!"

At the same time, he greeted Zhou Heng: "Miss Biao, get dressed quickly!"

"Okay!" Zhou Heng hurriedly listened to her, got up and put on his clothes quickly, and when she got dressed, Chuntao was woken up, sitting up and yawning sleepily, and asked Chunyu, "What are you doing?"

"Listen, Chuntao, put on your clothes first, don't talk, let alone scream, move quickly! Then listen to me, do you hear me?" Chun Yu's voice was trembling, and she spoke very fast, Zhou Heng listened I couldn't help asking: "Has it burned to our side?"

While speaking, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but I felt that the smell of smoke was already clearly audible, and even Chun Tao, who was putting on clothes, sniffed and asked suspiciously: "Huh, what smell is it?"

"Slow down!" Chun Yu scolded in a low voice, and then quickly explained to the two of them in a low voice: "Just now when I got downstairs, I felt the smell of smoke getting stronger and stronger, and when I listened carefully, there was still someone outside. Talking in a low voice and lighting a fire, but it was thundering and raining, it didn't sound very real, and the fire folding seemed to be very difficult to play, but no matter what, someone must be trying to harm us Set fire to the building outside!"

While speaking, he quickly covered Chuntao's voice that was about to exclaim: "Don't be afraid, this kind of heartless person will not come with many people," he said bitterly "Pooh" : "It must be that the people from the Qing Courtyard refused to let it go that night. They took advantage of the prince's departure... Cousin, the top priority is, we have to go out quietly, and we can't startle the snake!"

Zhou Heng was trembling involuntarily at the moment, but he still tried to force himself to calm down:

In this world, no matter who hates her so much that she wants to burn it, the first one who will do her part should definitely be the third princess, and only she has the strength to send someone to sneak into the palace in the rainy night to deal with her. In the capital, the co-authorship was not for Shen Fu, but for dealing with himself!

As for the two concubines that Chun Yu mentioned, it's not impossible. They fought for favor to the point of lard, not to mention they were separated by a wall, so it was enough to buy two servants to do things for them!

No matter who it is, I can't let them succeed!Last time he was able to survive such a dangerous situation in Liuhu Lake. This time, God is pitiful, seeing that he has bought some time, he will definitely be able to survive!

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng looked at Chun Tao, who was already trembling and couldn't put on her clothes, and Chun Yu, who was also very nervous to hear her breathing, Zhou Heng felt very sorry. , even the little shadow, who was not a few months old, had woken up at some point, and was making a "woo woo" sound at Chuntao's feet at the moment, probably feeling the tense atmosphere in the room.

The smell of smoke downstairs seems to be getting stronger...