Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

The place where the servants live is still a long way from the old study, Qingping trotted all the way, and finally arrived there before Xingming's routine inspection.

She stood at the door with a copper basin pretending to fetch water, Xing Ming was the same as usual, just stood at the door of the yard and looked around, and when she saw Qingping, she greeted her as a sign of friendship.Qingping forced a smile, the snow had gotten into her shoes all the way, and now it almost melted, and the socks were also wet, making it very uncomfortable to wear.

After Xingming left, Qingping took off his shoes, but there was no stove in the study, so he could only continue to wear wet shoes and socks to fetch water in the backyard.

The snow had stopped today, and Qingping took the broom to sweep the snow again, but today she was inexplicably restless, as if something was about to happen.

This feeling continued until the evening, when the sky was gloomy and the day was coming to an end, Qingping wondered if she was overthinking, but soon her thoughts were confirmed.

Ash smoke was billowing, accompanied by flames soaring into the sky, and the sound of gongs beating as a warning could be heard halfway across the palace. The shouts to put out the fire hit her heart like a hammer, and she bumped into a person head-on without noticing, and the person yelled "Hey!"

Qingping hurriedly grabbed her and asked, "What's wrong? Is it water?"

Carrying a bucket of water, He Zhen said anxiously: "It's the study of the eldest lady, the water has leaked somehow!"

Qingping subconsciously remembered the bag of red carbon in the morning, Zhuang Yan not only wanted to teach Shizuka a lesson before stuffing the carbon under her bed, this sudden fire made Qingping only think of four words, framing!

After the fire, there must be a careful investigation. If this bag of carbon was found under Shizuka's bed, Qingping couldn't help but shudder in his heart.It's not that she hasn't seen King Wei deal with those corrupt stewards. The servants and masters who have made mistakes are entitled to close the door and punish them at will, which even the government will not intervene.The Chenliu Palace has stretched to this day, and there is also a lynching room in the mansion to deal with servants...

Qingping had already prepared for the worst, she picked up Hezhen's bucket and said, "I'll go fight the fire with you!"

The pure white snow on the ground has been trampled into a puddle of muddy water by people coming and going. The stewards organized guards and servants to fetch water from the lake to fight the fire. Fortunately, the new study was built near the water and close to the lake, but it was made of wood after all. The material is easy to burn when it touches the fire.Qing Ping and He Zhen saw a lot of people moving things out of the study. Books are probably the most ignitable thing in the study.

The things in the study were moved out one after another, and suddenly someone shouted loudly: "Hurry up, this house is going to collapse!"

Everyone backed away in fear when they heard the words, and Qingping also backed away, but Hezhen stared there blankly, Qingping grabbed her clothes, she turned around and looked at Qingping in horror and said: "Jingxiang, Shizuka, she just now Go in again!"

Qingping felt that her mind exploded all of a sudden, and she froze in place. In Hezhen's eyes, she saw her frightened and unbelievable face, and Hezhen's eyes were also full of fear. Behind them was the crumbling study. The huge beams and pillars of the house obviously couldn't stand the scorching fire, and could no longer support them.

But Shizuka was still inside, and Qingping's mind went blank for a moment. She took off her cotton coat like crazy, soaked it in a bucket, and poured the bucket of water over her head.The water was very cold, Qingping put on a wet cotton coat and rushed into the study.

The study room was already full of flames, and Qingping rushed all the way to the innermost part in the high temperature. Sure enough, Shizuka was curled up under a bookshelf, and she seemed to be holding something in her arms.The little girl probably came in to pick up the remaining books on the bookshelf. Maybe it was one of Chen Jun's favorite books, so she took such a risk.Qingping dragged her up, Shizuka was already fainted by the smoke, she hugged Shizuka, gave her a hard slap, wrapped the padded clothes around her body, Shizuka opened her eyes in a daze, and murmured: "It hurts... ..."

It was only then that Qingping noticed that the padded coat on her right arm was burned to pieces, and her right arm was hanging limply, with hideous burns on it.Qingping picked her up and tried to walk towards the door. The soaked clothes slowly evaporated and dried under the high temperature. She gritted her teeth and said, "Don't sleep, Shizuka! Wake up!"

But Shizuka didn't feel it, and Qingping's body was just a child. It was very difficult to drag a Shizuka who was not much different from her. The buzzing sound, I am afraid that the house will collapse in a few breaths of time, and the two of them will probably be buried in a sea of ​​flames.If she put Shizuka down at this time, she would have had time to escape here alone, but Qingping gritted her teeth, she dragged Shizuka and staggered forward, without the slightest intention of letting go.

This is the first girl she called a friend when she came to this world. Although she is so small and has a poisonous mouth, she always leaves a piece of pastry or crushed dried fruit and quietly stuffs it into your mouth. In her mouth, she would run out of the house crying because of being scolded by her master and ridiculed by her companions, and she would also sneak carbon into the house because of your cold words... All kinds of things flashed through Qingping's mind, and she choked up Said: "Jingxiang! Don't sleep, if you sleep again, the eldest lady will scold you again!"

She set up Shizuka and rushed towards the door, the beam finally couldn't support it and fell down on top of her head, Qingping pushed Shizuka to the door with all her strength, the hot beam rubbed against her ears and fell, bringing a whistling heat wave, She rushed out the door and rolled down the steps with Shizuka in her arms.

boom--

The moment she jumped the house collapsed behind her, and screaming servants dragged them off the steps to a safe place.Hezhen rushed forward crying to help Qingping up, Chen Guanshi called someone to carry Shizuka down for treatment, Qingping's heart was beating like a drum, the manager who just reacted exhausted all her strength, she barely stood up, her eyes were dark.

Hezhen took some medicine, and helped Qingping back to the room. Just as they sat down, the door was suddenly opened, and someone kicked the door violently, saying: "Come out quickly, come out!"

Hezhen had no choice but to help Qingping go out. They saw that the yard was brightly lit, and the girls were driven to the center of the yard. They stood in the cold wind, looking at each other in fear, not knowing what happened.Qingping saw Wu Yu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, appearing at the gate of the courtyard. There were also a few stewards, and the tall palace guards surrounded the place. Some people entered their house with lanterns, and rummaged through it.

Manager Xia came out and said, "Is everyone here? Look at the people you know, and report the names of those who are missing!"

The girls glanced at each other, Hezhen and Qingping looked at each other, Qingping's heart sank, because apart from the injured Shizuka, there was one less Zhuang Yan in their room who was not here.

She leaned close to Hezhen's ear and whispered: "In the future, no matter who asks you whether Shizuka brought carbon into the house, you will say that you didn't see it, you didn't see anything."

Hezhen looked at Qingping in surprise, her eyes opened wider and wider, as if she understood something, she covered her mouth in disbelief, Qingping nodded, motioning her to keep quiet.

For a while, the yard was quiet and silent, only the sound of turning over things in the room could be heard. The girls reported one by one in an atmosphere of unspeakable fear, and He Zhen said: "If you are going to be in charge, Jingxiang and Zhuang Yan in our room not there."

Guanshi Xia frowned, and looked back at Guanshi Chen, Guanshi Chen said: "Jingxiang was injured and carried away just now, I already know about it."

"Then there is another Zhuang Yan?" Guanshi Xia asked.

He Zhen lowered her head and replied tremblingly, "I, I don't know."

At this time, a person squeezed out from the crowd, it was Zhuang Yan, she knelt down in front of Guanshi Chen with a plop, and said with a trembling voice: "Guanshi, I, I know who set the fire!"

All the stewards were shocked, they surrounded the servant's yard, they were worried that the arsonist would destroy the evidence and escape from the mansion.Therefore, Wei Wangjun ordered to investigate the matter strictly, and sent the guards of the palace to search with them.

The worst plan in Qingping's heart has been fulfilled, Zhuang Yan shrank her shoulders under the gaze of her eyes, she said: "It's Jingxiang! She brought carbon into the mansion in private a few days ago! I saw it with my own eyes!"

"Really?" Manager Xia looked at the group of girls: "Who are in the room with you? Come out!"

Both He Zhen and Qing Ping stood up, and the crowd backed away spontaneously, surrounding the two of them, as if avoiding insects and ants.This silent trial has already begun. Qing saluted, her face still had traces of smoke, her temples were burnt and formed a piece, she didn't even look at Zhuang Yan who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Slaves and He Jane always lives in the same room as Shizuka."

Guanshi Xia's gaze was as sharp as an eagle, and he swept across her face, and said, "You are in the same room, you are together day and night, is what Zhuang Yan said true?"

A nameless anger ignited in Qingping's heart, and he heard the words: "I have never seen Shizuka bring any charcoal into the mansion. It is a serious crime to carry something into the inner courtyard, let alone such things as charcoal."

"Nonsense! You are talking nonsense! You clearly saw Shizuka bring carbon in!" Zhuang Yan became emotional, "Hezhen! Tell Hezhen! Tell me, did you see Shizuka bring carbon in!"

Hezhen bowed her head in silence for a while, then said softly, "No, I've never seen it before."

"Found it!" Suddenly someone shouted, everyone looked in that direction for a moment, and Guan Shi took the lead, and they entered Qingping and the others' room.

Zhuang Yan knelt down on the ground and looked at Qingping, a trace of resentment flashed across her face, and there was a kind of pride in the prank in her eyes, as if in a demonstration, she twitched the corners of her mouth at Qingping, and then quickly lowered her head.

Qingping was unmoved, the guard came out carrying a black bag, the bag was bulging, and I don't know what it contained.

Hezhen's face turned pale, and she tightly clenched her cuffs. Chen Guanshi said coldly, "Zhuang Yan, how did you know that Jingxiang was the one who set the fire?"

Zhuang Yan kowtowed a few times on the ground, and said: "If you are going to be in charge, the mansion was on a monthly vacation a few days ago, and Jing Xiang returned home, so she brought such a bag of carbon. Because of the cold weather in those few days, The charcoal issued by the hospital is often unavailable, so I always use the charcoal brought by Shizuka. At first, the slave girl thought it was strange, why the house is not allowed to bring things in privately, and how did Shizuka escape the search? I only found out later Shizuka's mother is the steward of the outer court...... The servant girl is also timid. I wanted to tell the steward, but yesterday Shizuka said that the carbon had been used up, so the servant thought that one more thing would be better than one less thing, but it never happened. Thinking about it, when I came back from duty today, I saw the study was on fire, saying that the charcoal was poured, and the curtain was lit... The servant girl suddenly remembered that Shizuka brought some charcoal in, so she wondered if it was... ..."

He Zhen looked at Zhuang Yan in a daze, she knew that there was a deep conflict between Zhuang Yan and Shizuka, but in the past month, Zhuang Yan didn't talk to Shizuka, and she didn't provoke Shizuka very much, she still thought it was Zhuang Yan Began to learn to be patient, to ease the relationship with Shizuka.Unexpectedly, she shuddered when she heard Zhuang Yan's words. Zhuang Yan wanted to put Shizuka to death!

Chen Guanshi said quietly: "So it means that Shizuka brought carbon into the house and set fire to the eldest lady's study?" She pointed to the black bag and said slowly: "Then this is the carbon, right?"

Zhuang Yan nodded desperately, Chen Guanshi smiled coldly, and the guard behind her came out and respectfully said: "Guan Shi, you can go in now."

Chen Guanshi said: "Bring them in."

Zhuang Yan was pulled up, and Zhen Qingping was pushed into the house. The room was turned into a mess. Chen Guanshi walked to their bed, pointed to a bed and asked, "Whose bed is this?"

Qing Ping said: "It belongs to a slave."

She opened Hezhen's curtain again and asked, "Whose property is this?"

He Zhen replied, "It belongs to a slave."

She jumped over Shizuka's bed, and finally came to the innermost bed, and asked, "Whose is this?"

Zhuang Yan's voice was like a gnat: "It belongs to a slave."

"Very good, you said this bag is full of carbon?" Chen Guanshi suddenly tore off the coverlet on Zhuang Yan's bed, and in the bright firelight, something black rolled down from the interlayer on top of the bed.

It turned out to be carbon!

Who would have thought that someone would hide something in the mezzanine above the bed?

Chen Guanshi opened the black bag in front of her, and inside was a bag of peanuts and melon seeds.

Zhuang Yan couldn't believe her eyes. She threw herself at Guanshi Chen's feet and shouted, "I'm wronged, this thing doesn't belong to me! I'm wronged!"

"It was found on your bed, and it's still in such a hidden place. It's not yours or anyone else's!"

Immediately, Zhuang Yan was lifted up by the guards and knelt on the ground. She cried, "Someone framed me, someone must have framed me!"

"Forget it, let me let you know the reason." Chen Guanshi said, "You are working next to the eldest lady, and you often send word to the people in the outer court that in the past month, the inner court should prepare for the New Year's Eve, and it is not as strict as it used to be. You have been in touch with a person named Zhao Ying, but this person is just a job in the outer court, what can you talk to her about?"

She squatted on the ground and said in a low voice: "Ever since the third young master made a big fuss in the study room, the eldest lady has suspected that there are people around here who are not clean. Can't wait, can you? You're smart, you better tell those people, or..."

Zhuang Yan's pupils shrank, and he collapsed on the ground, unable to utter any more words of defense.

When she entered the mansion, Wei Wangjun was sick, and it was Zhou Shijun who was in charge of the inner courtyard.On that day, Manager Wu who was next to Zhou Shijun came to the outer court to pick someone. She tried her best, but she was not selected.But because of his silence and honesty, he was chosen to serve the eldest lady in the inner courtyard.

The inner court should not pay attention to it, it's just running errands.She was envious of Liu Zhen being able to serve the eldest lady personally, and thought that after Qingping was transferred away, she should take her place by herself, but she didn't expect that reckless and stupid Shizuka to come into the study to serve her.

She is unwilling, why!

One day, Manager Wu came to her and asked her to do something nicely.Lured by a lot of money, let her write down Chen Jun's daily whereabouts, and secretly tell a woman named Zhao Ying in the outer court when passing on the message.

Naturally, Zhuang Yan didn't dare, but seeing Shizuka getting promoted step by step, and Hezhen being reused, the conflict between her and Shizuka became more and more serious... After Guanshi Wu threatened her, her mother, father and sister's life deeds were all in Zhou Shijun's office. In her hand, she could only half push and half obey.

With Steward Wu's management, the people in the outer courtyard are extremely respectful to her, as if she is the steward who is in charge of the mansion. This feeling is so fascinating. Compared with this, Shizuka's going to the study to serve does not seem so unreasonable. It was pleasing to the eye, and she even dared to mock Shizuka. She had always had a wish in her heart. Guan Wu said that Mr. Zhou Shijun promised that if this time things come true, then the second lady will be named a world daughter, and she must be counted as a part of the credit!

What will Shizuka care about then?

"...Today the eldest lady is in the house, and someone will come to take away the people who serve her. After you go in and report, if you see that she has fallen asleep, you will overturn the red carbon. She will not take it easy. Woke up! Didn’t you say that the person named Shizuka in your room also brought in a bag of red charcoal? Then hide the rest under her bed, and it won’t be up to you to search it!”

Wu Guanshi's words were still ringing in her ears, Zhuang Yan didn't want to do that at first, but every time she thought of Shizuka's mocking of herself, she always had a breath in her heart that couldn't be swallowed.

It was supposed to be as Guanshi Wu said, everything went smoothly, the study was burned down, the eldest lady was also injured, and people with disabilities were not allowed to invite the concubine, so only the second lady... She didn't know He had been targeted a long time ago, and he was still dreaming of the dream after his success.

Zhuang Yan was dragged down and quickly disappeared into the dark winter night.Chen Guanshi stood up and said, "Don't tell anyone who asks about this, you know?"

Hezhen and Qingping bowed their heads in response.

On the second day of the fire, the inner courtyard was still closed. According to the stewards, a servant stole the antiques in the mansion while fighting the fire last night, and the door could only be opened after a thorough investigation.

Qingping wanted to take some time to visit Shizuka. When she came to the old study in the morning, she saw Wanshu directing a group of servants to move things into it.

Qingping was dumbfounded, Wan Shu saw her coming and said to her: "Missy's study was burnt down last night, but luckily there is still this old one, it can be used directly without decoration."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Jun came in from the courtyard door. She was wearing a black cloak, with deep eyes, looking at Qingping with a half-smile.

Qing Ping bowed her head and saluted, Chen Jun passed by her and walked straight to the study.

Chen Jun looked at the study room, and found that everything was as usual, and said with a smile, "It is well taken care of."

Qing Ping stepped forward bravely, stood beside her and said: "This is what a servant girl should do."

Qingping obviously felt that the solemn and solemn aura on Chen Jun's body had increased a bit, and she clenched her palms tightly so that she would not be so afraid.

Chen Jun brushed a shelf of books with her head down, sneered as if she had discovered something, then she sat down on the chair naturally, and Liu Zhen stood beside her silently.

Qingping's heart hangs in his throat, and he is about to jump out.

Chen Jun lazily said: "Jingxiang is injured, so you should take her seriously. Anyway, she has served by my side before, so I don't think I need to say anything."

She looked at Qingping with interest, like a cat teasing a mouse, and said leisurely: "Aunt Wang, who you followed when you were working in the outer courtyard, praised you vigorously. Why, you still have to hide your clumsiness in front of me?"

Qingping looked up at Chen Jun, her eyes were bright and clear, while Chen Jun's eyes were deep and dark, like an ancient well.Chen Jun smiled slightly, not disobedient, she took off her cloak, leaned on the chair, and said softly, "Where have you seen all these books?"

Qing Ping didn't even raise her eyes, since Manager Chen told Zhuang Yan last night that the master has been sending people to watch you all the time, she knew that most of the time she was in the old study had been under the surveillance of others.That being the case, there is no reason to keep pretending to be deaf and dumb, she said: "See "Bright and Pure Strange Talk" in the fourth frame."

Chen Jun pressed the rice paper with a paperweight, and said, "Then continue reading."

Qingping went to the fourth shelf to take down the book in a daze, and leaned on the shelf to open a page and start reading.

The study was quiet and silent, only the beeping sound of the charcoal fire burning.

All the thoughts in her heart turned into one voice, if you want to die, die!

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