Folding Ying quickly reacted, picked up his sword and rushed out the door, faster than a rabbit.

"It's okay, I'll go and have a look, Master, don't worry!"

The ending was scattered in the wind, but Xie Niannian didn't get any comfort after listening to it.

No rush, how can there be no rush.With such an obvious explosion sound, Chi Qing just happened to go to check the whereabouts of the gunpowder. How could she lie to herself that there was no connection between them?

Xie Niannian wanted to do something to divert his attention, but even the strength to raise his hand was exhausted.The fire in the distance is still not extinguished, and it is particularly obvious in the darkness.

She huddled into a ball with the little rabbit in her arms, and leaned against the window. She didn't know if it was the rabbit shaking or her hands shaking.

an hour ago.

"I couldn't find anyone from the Ministry of Industry, so I went to the Ministry of Punishment to help. It's been several days, and I haven't even seen a shadow of a gangster."

"That reminds me of us, pig!"

Bai Yan gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice, his hands kept moving.

He unfolded the map of Fengjing with intertwined and complicated lines, and the investigation records sent by the Ministry of Punishment had already been reviewed by the Ministry of Culture, and it was now in Chi Qing's hands.

"The people who are in charge of this matter from the Ministry of Industry will bring them here if they are not dead."

"Mark the abandoned houses in these places."

"The whereabouts records of the few people I asked the film department to monitor in the past ten days."

The order after order was conveyed to various ministries in an orderly manner, and then returned to Chi Qing's hands as complicated information, which had to be unraveled.

She lowered her eyes and thought, and drew several red circles on the map.

The brush was casually thrown into the brush wash, and the blood-like bright red smeared, silky and thready.

Chi Qing walks out of the study with a knife in hand: "Send people to check these places, be quiet. Bai Yan, come with me."

"You run yourself? It's not necessary."

"Go home early and finish early, and I don't feel relieved."

Bai Yan wanted to ask her what she was worried about, but Chi Qing walked so fast that he could only suppress his doubts and quickly followed.

Soon he knew what Chi Qing was worried about.

In the east of Fengjing City, there are dense dwellings, and the wooden structures are particularly flammable.And Ximen, which transports supplies for the palace, is less than a kilometer away from the dilapidated courtyard in front of him.

"Hey, why do you think it's here." Bai Yan's voice was very low.

"Guess, right, depends on luck."

The two of them jumped into the abandoned yard in the dark without even lighting a fire.

Landing silently, Chi Qing casually lifted the lid of the big vat next to it, and a pungent smell burst out instantly, making people feel overwhelmed.

She exchanged glances with Bai Yan, and said silently: "Fire oil."

Ordinary people will also put a large tank, but the water is put in it for fire prevention.

But there are not only several water tanks in the yard, but also piles of high and low wooden boxes, making the already narrow space even more cramped.

Chi Qing pried open one of the wooden boxes with the small blade in his hand, and saw the contents clearly by the moonlight.

It's gunpowder.

Bai Yan exaggeratedly drew a range with both hands: "So many? Didn't the Ministry of Industry say that only a few boxes were lost?"

It can be seen that the number here is enough to blow up the entire courtyard, and it will also affect the houses outside.

"You go find someone." Before Chi Qing could finish speaking, he stopped suddenly.

She touched her lips with her index finger, gestured for silence, and then tilted her head slightly, as if she was listening to something.

Bai Yan didn't know why, but suddenly saw a faint shadow in the dark dilapidated house, and the faint smell of kerosene became more intense.

Chi Qing stared at the movement, and immediately changed his words: "Find a way to evacuate the nearby people, and then go to the city defense to bring sand and water trucks."

"What do you want to do? Ancestor, if a spark flies here, the gods will be hard to save!"

If it weren't for the current difficult situation, Bai Yan would have yelled out a long time ago.Someone is ambushing in the yard, she is not going to leave, does she still want to arrest him?

After all, the person in front of him ignored his earnest words and urged him calmly: "So hurry up."

Bai Yan had no choice, and this person never listened to his advice.He could only "tsk", turned over the courtyard wall, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As soon as the person left, Chi Qing ducked under the window of the dilapidated house, and even though the moonlight was dim, he could clearly see what was going on inside.

The thin man in the house took out a long and thin rope, as if he wanted to get out through the back door of the house.

Chi Qing put his hands on the window sill and jumped in. When he landed, a silver light flashed in his hand, and the butterfly blade that came out of his hand cut the rope.

The man's reaction was also very quick. Seeing someone coming, he directly pulled out the fire pocket from his waist and pinched it in his right hand, while his left hand was still behind his back: "Don't move!"

He tried to stay calm, but his slightly trembling voice still betrayed him.

Chi Qing's hand was resting on the handle of the ancient knife, she glanced at the furnishings in the house from the corner of her eye, the stacked boxes were the same as those in the yard.

And that rope was soaked in kerosene, and it fell to the ground at this time, soaking up a circle of oil stains.

She finally put her hand down from the handle of the knife, and stood with lowered eyes: "Light the fire here, and you won't be able to escape."

"If Master Chi can be buried with me, it's not—"

Before he finished speaking, in the dimly lit room, the woman who was standing quietly made a move suddenly, but in the blink of an eye, the blade in her hand was already approaching her eyes.

The strong desire to survive did not make the man let go of the fire folder in his hand, but instead grabbed a shining dagger in his left hand, making a gesture of stabbing.

It's not that he doesn't know anything about martial arts, he even has some skills, so the angle of this dagger is very tricky.

Chi Qing didn't hide, and she didn't want to hide either.

She just turned slightly to avoid the fatal spot, and let the dagger pierce through her clothes, drawing deep wounds on her waist and abdomen.

At the same time, the blade in his hand pierced the man's right shoulder, and the severe pain forced him to let go of the thing in his hand.

Chi Qing turned around to catch the cylindrical fire folder before it hit the ground, and at the same time she distanced herself from the man.

The change of hands of the initiative is only a blink of an eye.

Before the man could react, Eternal came out of its sheath, and the blade struck like the wind, this time the target was his left hand.

He was not Chi Qing's opponent in the first place, and he was hit on the shoulder, which made him even more disadvantaged, so he could only force himself to resist.

But this person was obviously injured, but he didn't seem to be in any pain at all, and each attack became more ruthless.

Not long after, the man suffered injuries to his knees, wrists, and shoulders, which were not fatal, but limited his movement.

Realizing that Chi Qing wanted to catch him alive, the man gave up his resistance and exclaimed: "Wait, I—"

Before he could finish speaking, a hand knife slashed the back of his neck, his vision went dark, and he passed out completely.

"Too much nonsense."

Chi Qing put the knife back into its sheath expressionlessly, and touched the wound on his waist and abdomen, his hands were sticky.

She didn't care, and walked out of the room by pulling the man's collar.

So when Bai Yan rushed back panting, what he saw was Chi Qing dragging someone out like he was dragging garbage.

Bai Yan didn't wait for his breath to calm down, so he started talking: "The evacuation is over, and the nearby water tanker is also on the way. Oh, who is this?"

"I don't know, take it back and find someone to bandage him, so as not to let him die."

Chi Qing still didn't let go, and continued to walk forward with the person.Bai Yan leaned over to help, but smelled a strong smell of blood.

The night was too dark to see clearly, so he could only ask Chi Qing: "Are you not injured?"

""

After a long silence, the two had walked out of the dark street, and faint lights and figures could be seen in the distance.

Bai Yan turned his head, seeing scattered bloodstains all over the ground, and looking at the people around him, his face was terribly pale.

He understood, and the corners of his mouth drooped, trying to swear.

"Ancestor, I said what are you doing? Are you iron?"

"Well, I'm a little sorry."

Hearing Chi Qing's answer, Bai Yan was quite relieved, this person actually listened to it.He was about to call for someone to bandage him, but Chi Qing continued.

"It's not easy to explain to Niannian, she will be worried."

Bai Yanshun brought up the tone again, saying it is tantamount to saying it for nothing, is this the point?

He wanted to continue rambling, but seeing Chi Qing suddenly raised his eyes, he pulled himself a bit: "Run!"

In the distance, a fire arrow went straight towards the dilapidated yard behind him.

Regardless of other things, Bai Yan and Chi Qing ran wildly, and ran [-] meters in an instant.

When the fire arrow landed behind him, the yard exploded, and the air wave directly knocked Bai Yan to the ground, and he rolled in a circle, and almost lost his footing when he got up again.

There are like ten thousand bees buzzing in my ears.

"Grass!"

After cursing in a low voice, he turned to look for Chi Qing, only to find that she was half kneeling on the ground, covering her ears and her eyes were tightly closed.

——I still have the "oil bottle" with me.

Bai Yan laughed angrily, and yelled at the crowd surrounding him in the distance: "What are you doing in a daze, put out the fire!"

He turned his head to help Chi Qing again: "Can you still move?!"

"It's so noisy." Chi Qing opened his eyes, which were thickly black.

The blade in her hand scratched the sleeve, and she took off half of the sleeve and wrapped it around the wound on her waist, then got up: "Send the news to the palace, and send more people."

"You're hurt!"

"fine."

What answered him was the back without turning his head.

The wooden houses are flammable, and the wind blows and spreads to the surroundings. The fire is extinguished all night before it gradually goes out.Countless people were awakened by the sound of the explosion, and countless people stayed up all night.

As soon as Die Ying arrived, he took the initiative to follow the people from the military department to put out the fire. After one night, his little face was covered with black ash.

The sun has not risen yet, but the sky is already white.

She stood at the intersection, directing people to clean up the charred ruins.

"Dieying, go back and take a rest, I'll just come here."

Shijiu, who came over from shift, saw that the child looked bad, and advised her to go back and rest.

Die Ying frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly patted her head: "Oh no! Mistress is still at home!"

She turned her head and wanted to run, but she didn't expect that Xie Niannian was already standing in front of her.

Xie Niannian waited all night but no one came back, so he couldn't bear to come and see for himself.

Most of the people in Tianshu Division knew her, so it was easy for her to come in.

After passing through the busy crowd, she couldn't find Chi Qing, but she saw overlapping shadows.

Xie Niannian stopped, staring at the unfocused blood on the ground with somewhat out-of-focus eyes.

She frowned slightly, and raised her head eagerly wanting to cry, seeing the superimposed image trembling, the child blurted out: "This is not Master's blood!"

After finishing speaking, I felt that it was wrong, so I changed my words: "At least, not all of them."

"Not all of them?" Xie Niannian repeated, with tears half in his mouth, as if they were about to fall.

But there was no panic in his eyes, he was very calm.

For a moment, Douying felt the cold sweat dripping from his back, and he didn't feel such a sense of crisis when fighting the fire.

"What about the late Qing people?"

"Tianshu Division."

Seeing Xie Niannian turn around and walk away step by step, Duoying couldn't help but pray for Master in her heart.

The teacher's wife is so soft-hearted, she shouldn't let the master sleep in the study with injuries, right?

Walking through the tree-lined path, Xie Niannian found Chi Qing's study.

She stayed up all night and was frightened again. She only felt her heart beating so hard that she was floating when she walked.

Even after learning that Chi Qing was fine from Duoying, she was still worried and wanted to take a look.

As soon as he reached the door, a doctor with a medicine box on his back came out, followed by Bai Yan.

He was holding a basin in his hand, which was full of blood-stained gauze.

Xie Niannian's face lost all color in an instant.

Bai Yan raised his eyelids, not at all surprised why Xie Niannian appeared here.

Even a little bit of schadenfreude.

"Don't worry, Madam Boss, she's doing well, and feels like she can work for another night."

There was a smile on the corner of Bai Yan's mouth, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

After yelling all night, he said hoarsely: "How brave she is, she managed to catch a living person out of the gunpowder pile."

"I ran hundreds of meters with my injuries, and I didn't forget to drag someone."

"I stayed up half the night, and when the blood was dripping down my feet, I realized that my injury hadn't been treated yet."

Xie Niannian didn't answer, but clenched his fists.

Another person came out from the door, it was Zhao Zhuoqu.There is no makeup applied, and the eyes are still a little black.

When she heard the news in the middle of the night, she got up to deal with the fire without even putting on makeup, and when the fire was extinguished, she heard that Chi Qing had called the doctor.

Anyway, she had to wait for Tianshu Division's report, so she stopped by to see what this man did.

"Are you here to sue?" Zhao Zhuoqu was also laughing, sneering: "Good sue."

"Her ears were shaken, and she is annoyed now, and she doesn't listen to anyone."

Zhao Zhuoqu covered his sleeves and hiccupped, thinking about it, go back early to catch up on sleep.

"Miss Niannian, be tougher, let her sleep quickly. I will get angry when I see her like that."

Xie Niannian didn't answer, took a breath, and then opened the door and entered.

The room was very quiet, and the meditation incense was lit, which made people drowsy.

The person who was supposed to be lying down was leaning against the head of the bed, with messy hair draped over his chest, covering most of his face.

In the dim candlelight, her figure was like a piece of thin paper, a shadow reflected on the wall.

Xie Niannian moved a chair and sat down. She didn't move slightly, and the sound of the wooden chair mopping the floor was very clear.

But Chi Qing still didn't respond, her eyes were closed tightly, and she seemed to be asleep.

"Late Qing."

It wasn't until Xie Niannian yelled that her slender eyelashes finally trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Chi tilted his head, didn't speak, and unconsciously closed the quilt tightly.

Seeing her action, Xie Niannian easily threw off the quilt.

The eye-catching snow-white gauze was wrapped around the waist, and the length of the wound could be roughly seen.

Xie Niannian's hand stopped halfway.

She sat down again, and crumpled the skirt with her retracted hand.

"You don't feel pain."

She said this very calmly, but Chi Qing felt something explode in her heart, and she jumped out of time.

Xie Niannian sighed, his voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat: "But I hurt so much."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like