Chapter 141: Rescued in the Fire

The fire burned harder and harder with the crackling sound.

The red tongue of flames was like a fierce poisonous snake, wrapping around the Zen room wantonly. Soon the roof of the Zen room was burning, and bursts of smoke rose into the air like churning mists.

With such a big fire, it is too late to rescue.

The man in black who was guarding outside the house saw that the two people in the Zen room had no way to live, so he nodded to each other and said, and a whistle, everyone dispersed and their figures quickly disappeared in the jungle outside the temple.

After a while, the surging smoke was finally discovered by the Jinyi personal guards standing outside the temple.

The guards were shocked and hurriedly shouted and ran towards the Zen room. Everyone shouted loudly outside the Zen room, and there was no sound in the Zen room.

Everyone ran to the temple's kitchen and the well, snatched all the containers that could hold water, and hurriedly ran back and forth to put out the fire.

"The fire is too big, we don't have enough staff, and the princess is still inside, so hurry up and go into the city to call people!" A personal guard roared, and the flames lit up their anxious and even desperate faces. Everyone's heart was as heavy as a huge rock, which was suffocating.

The life of Princess Jiangdu is theirs. If the princess dies, the emperor will be furious, and these guards, including their families, cannot escape the word death.

A fast horse quickly headed into the city.

Fortunately, Nengren Temple is outside the south gate of the capital, so there is no need to spend too much time back and forth.

In the Zen room.

The blazing fire had spread into the house, and the choking smoke was everywhere.

Xiao Fan and the princess hid in the water tank and soaked all over their bodies in water. The two had already tore off a corner of their clothes and wet them with water to cover their mouths and noses tightly so that they could breathe relatively less choking air.

"Xiao Fan, will we die?" The princess opened her eyes wide, and a light of despair and fear appeared in her eyes.

Xiao Fan said firmly: "No, we won't! Listen, you will definitely escape from danger and live... Have a lot of children, and watching them grow up, you will enjoy your old age and rest in the warm bed, not here, not today, not like this, do you understand?"

The princess nodded vigorously, tears of emotion fell in her eyes, and she said affectionately: "Xiao Fan, you are so good. You can still say such touching words at the critical moment of life and death. Even if you die here today, I have no regrets or regrets..."

Xiao Fan sniffed, his eyes getting a little wet: "Don't say it was you, even I was moved by what I said just now. The lines on the Titanic are well written..."

Princess: "…"

Outside the house, the panic shouts of the brocade-in-law soldiers were vaguely heard. The sound was very far away, as if it was a different world.

Xiao Fan knew very well that it was unrealistic to rely on others to put out the fire at this time. Such a large fire would definitely not be extinguished in a short while. It is now in a critical situation, so you can only save yourself.

Looking up, the beams on the roof made a crackling sound when they burned. Xiao Fan's heart sank. If they burned like this, the beams would probably collapse, which would be troublesome.

To be burned to death by fire or to be crushed to death by the beam is a difficult choice...

Xiao Fan was soaked in the water tank, and the more he thought about it, the more he was worried. Life was so beautiful. He was so happy that he was so lucky that he suddenly suffered a disaster. He was going to burn him to death with a fire. Who can stand this psychological gap?

The head emerged from the water and looked around. Xiao Fan crawled out of the water tank. Before the fire spread to the water tank, he quickly ran to the only wooden bed in the Zen room. The wooden bed was already burning. Xiao Fan kicked it a few times, and the wooden bed fell apart. He chose a few more solid wooden bed beams from them, dragged them to the water tank, jumped in first, and placed several beams at the entrance of the water tank. He and the princess shrank their heads and exposed their heads out of the water surface, looking like prisoners locked in the water prison in the concentration camp.

"Xiao Fan, what are you doing?" the princess said in confusion.

Xiao Fan pointed to the top of his head and said, "If the beams collapsed and we had these cross beams on our heads, they could help us withstand most of the stress, so we would be safer..."

The princess worshiped: "You are so smart. I am not afraid of anything by your side. You are like a god who protects me..."

"Princess..."

"Hmm?" In the water tank, the princess's pretty face was covered with water droplets, but her beautiful eyes blinked, as bright as stars.

"...Why are you too careless and sweet at this time? "

"Oh..." The princess pouted and responded obediently.

Outside the Zen room, there were crowds of people, and the noise was shaking the sky.

After receiving the news from the Princess’ personal guards, the Jinyiwei Town Fushiya immediately summoned all the Jinyiwei and the yamen runners and constables in the yamen. In just a short time, thousands of people rushed into Nengren Temple.

Li Jinglong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, happened to be in the Fushiyaya yamen. When Princess Jiangdu was trapped in the fire scene in Nengren Temple, she was so shocked that her face changed color. While quickly summoning people, she also urgently transferred several water dragon chariots for firefighting in the city. The group rushed into Nengren Temple in a mighty manner. In fact, it was indeed to put out the fire.

As soon as Li Jinglong arrived outside the Zen room, he shouted anxiously: "How is it? How is it? Is it okay for the princess to be inside?"

A Jinyi School Captain reported: "My commander, the princess is trapped in the Zen room. We shouted for a long time, but we didn't see her respond."

Li Jinglong stamped his feet in a hurry and said, "What are you waiting for! Pick up the water dragon cart and put out the fire quickly! If you trash princess Jiangdu has something to do, no one of you can escape!"

"yes!"

Cao Yi, who came with Li Jinglong, was also anxious and pale. He reached out and grabbed a captain Jinyi and said, "Did Lord Xiao not respond in there? Didn't you hear any movement?"

"When I go back to Lord Qianhu, there is indeed no movement inside..."

Li Jinglongqi said: "Mr. Xiao? Which Master Xiao?"

Cao Yi didn't care much and said anxiously: "It's just the co-master Xiao Fan, Lord Xiao!"

Li Jinglong was surprised: "Xiao Fan? He is also in the Zen room? Oh! That's even more saved! I haven't learned the trick he taught me yet..."

After hearing this, everyone hurriedly took out water and put out the fire.

When Li Jinglong was so anxious that he suddenly felt a sudden thrill in his mind and gradually felt something was wrong.

He grabbed Cao Yi who was commanding the fire to put out and said, "Stop! Do you think Princess Jiangdu and Xiao Fan are in the same Zen room? Are they staying together?"

Cao Yi nodded.

Li Jinglong ignored the noisy fire-fighting scene and touched his chin and pondered: "Why did Princess Jiangdu get involved with Xiao Fan? The lonely man and widowed woman stayed in the Zen room of the temple outdoors, this... this..."

Li Jinglong smacked his lips, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

Interesting, this matter is interesting...

With a stern face, Li Jinglong shouted again: "What are you bastards like in a mess? I have put out the fire. Everyone is divided into three teams, one team fetches water, one team to put out the fire, and one team to send the water dragon chariots. Hurry up! Princess Jiangdu is inside, and Lord Xiao is also inside. If something happens to these two people, you bastards will all be in the imperial prison for me!"

When everyone heard this, their faces tightened. They hurriedly followed Li Jinglong's instructions, quickly divided the team and began to put out the fire in an orderly manner.

Fortunately, the Zen houses in Nengren Temple are built separately from other temples and Buddhist temples. The materials used for building the houses are also very ordinary. The Zen houses are originally a place for monks to practice, so of course there is no need to pay too much attention to when building houses. The materials and wood are used in the use of them are very poor. Simply put, this row of Zen houses can be regarded as a model of ancient tofu shoddy projects. So with the joint efforts of everyone, the fire was quickly put out.

Everyone scattered the broken wood piles with black smoke for a long time, and finally rescued the two of them from the piles of broken wood walls under Xiao Fan's weak cry.

Fortunately, Xiao Fan had expected it and made preparations in advance. The beam of the Zen room really fell down and was blocked by the beam of the wooden bed at the entrance of the water tank. The two escaped the fatal disaster, but the water tank had been smashed. When the Jinyiwei rescued the two, they saw them lying in the broken brick and charred wood. Xiao Fan hugged the princess tightly with his hands and tried to put the beam on his shoulders, giving the princess a space to breathe air. The two were wet all over. The posture and expression were simply the posture of a pair of miserable mandarin ducks going to the underworld together.

Everyone in the Jinyiwei was shocked. Seeing that Princess Jiangdu, who had already betrothed by Changxing Marquis, had hugged Lord Xiao, the Jinyiwei's brother-in-law, in this posture. Although it was a fire that had to be done, a strange feeling still arose in everyone's hearts.

Everyone is in the Jinyiwei, which is an institution directly under the emperor's private rule. No one who can join the Jinyiwei is fool. Seeing this, everyone knows the pros and cons, and their expressions suddenly faded, and they turned their heads at the same time, not daring to look at them again.

Xiao Fan and Princess Jiangdu both had dark faces and their hair was wet and dispersed, describing them as if they were very embarrassed.

The princess was soaked all over, and her dress was tightly attached to her body, revealing her graceful figure. After Xiao Fan was rescued, the first thing she did was to take off her outer robe and cover her princess' figure. Her wife's good figure could not be taken advantage of, and she couldn't even look through the clothes.

The fire was put out and the two victims were rescued. Li Jinglong hurriedly ran over and asked anxiously: "How is the princess? The princess is not injured, right?"

How could Princess Jiangdu be so embarrassed? Especially when she was so embarrassed that she was seen by so many people, her heart was even more ashamed and ashamed.

After hearing Li Jinglong's inquiry, the princess flashed and hid behind Xiao Fan, silently.

When Li Jinglong saw the intimate appearance of Xiao Fan and the princess, he laughed strangely and said to Xiao Fan with a wicked smile: "Xiao Tongzhi, are you okay?"

Xiao Fan said with a shy expression: "Uh... Thank you for being worried, the lord... Cough cough, it's okay."

"Where is the princess? She's okay, right?"

"Princess..." Xiao Fan turned his head and looked at the princess who was hiding behind him, looking timid and cried in shame, and coughed dryly, "Princess... Of course it's okay."

Li Jinglong smiled strangely and said, "It's fine if it's okay, haha, it's fine if it's okay, Lao Xiao, from the root, Princess Jiangdu is my cousin, don't bully her..."

Li Jinglong's father, the deceased Duke of Cao (later posthumously named King Qiyang) Li Wenzhong was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, so in terms of generation, Li Jinglong was indeed the cousin of Princess Jiangdu.

The princess became more and more ashamed when she heard this. Her pretty face buried in Xiao Fan's back and didn't dare to move.

Xiao Fan's heart sank, and the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down.

He looked around with guilt, then pulled Li Jinglong aside, and said softly with a smile: "Dude..."

"What?" Li Jinglong's old god is there.

"What about this matter...hehe, it's actually a misunderstanding, it's definitely not what you see in your eyes..." Xiao Fan's face was filled with smiles, and he was in tears.

Li Jinglong smiled and said, "Is it so close that I am still misunderstood?"

Xiao Fan nodded vigorously: "Yes! A misunderstanding! It's really a misunderstanding! In fact... I am accompanying the princess down today... burning incense! Well, yes! Come and burn incense!"

Li Jinglong raised his eyebrows: "Create incense? Have you entered the Zen room? Is it soaked all over?"

"If I tell you, in fact, we hid in the water tank to save ourselves, you would definitely not believe it..."

Li Jinglong nodded: "Yes, I really don't believe it."

Xiao Fan: “…”

After a lot of talk, Xiao Fan finally explained the whole incident clearly. Li Jinglong touched his chin and pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you."

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn’t matter whether Li Jinglong believes it or not. What’s important is that if his big mouth spreads the story of him and the princess staying in the same Zen room today and Zhu Yuanzhang finds out, the consequences...

Xiao Fan had a cold war all over, looked at Li Jinglong pitifully and said, "Do you really believe it?"

"Really believe it!"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!"
To be continued...