Qingyan only heard the shout because of her good hearing. Others could not hear it, so everyone still walked leisurely, and other people in the front yard did not make a mess.
When Qingyan heard the sound, she immediately used her consciousness to detect it and found that there was a fire in the wing room where the monk lived in the backyard.
She carefully looked at the room closest to the wall where the fire started. After a while, that room was almost burned out.
The houses at this time were all made of wood, with only a section of the foundation below made of masonry, so they burned quickly.
The side room was not like other courtyards. There was a courtyard wall in the middle. They were built one after another, so the whole camp was on fire at once.
Fortunately, there was an open space between the wing where the monks lived and the courtyard where the pilgrims lived. In addition, the wind direction was from the northwest, so when everyone discovered that they started to put out the fire, there was no impact on that side.
Qingyan held Li Muxue in one hand and Wang Qingyue in the other, and sped up.
He turned back to Xue Huan'er and Mrs. Wang and said, "I vaguely heard some noises, and I don't know what happened. Let's leave quickly, lest something really happens and the chaos gets dispersed."
Although several people didn't know why, they subconsciously followed and walked a few steps quickly.
Mrs. Wang walked all the way from the back to the front yard. She was sweating a little on her forehead. Her body was really weak.
Fortunately, there were two maids supporting him on the left and right. Before, they were just leaning on each other lightly, but now they were almost putting half of their body weight on them.
When they arrived at the side door where the carriage was parked, someone shouted in the front yard.
There was no need for people behind to spread the news. The smoke and flames could be seen in the front yard.
Although there is water from a lotus pond in the backyard, there are not many people in the backyard. Pilgrims are resting in various courtyards. Most of the monks are doing rituals and sermons in the front hall. There are really few people fighting fires in the back.
In addition to controlling the burning towards the fasting room, several trees next to the side rooms were also set on fire, and even the two side rooms of the abbot at the back were now on fire.
There is no way, the wind here in the northwest is too strong, there are usually level 4 or 5 winds, especially on the top of the mountain, the wind has to be level 6 upwards, the wind will increase the intensity of the fire, this is not just talk.
Fortunately, the burning wing is in the south. The wind blowing now is from the northwest, and there is a high probability that the wind direction will not change, so we have been controlling it there, otherwise the entire Qingyuan Temple will probably be burned down.
If it is not put out, not only the wing where the monks live will be burned down, but also the trees behind it will probably be scrapped.
It was also because the trees in the back were all on fire and the height was much higher than the wing, so we could only see clearly from the front yard.
In addition, the smoke was rising, and almost everything I saw was wrong. There was nothing I could do. There was a tall hall in the middle courtyard, and there was also a hall in front of it. If it weren't for the smoke, I wouldn't have been able to see it.
When they first arrived at the place where the carriage stopped, all the carriage drivers were standing on the shafts of the carriages and looking back.
When the three grooms from the Wang family and the Li family saw their master, they jumped down immediately, with relieved expressions on their faces.
He quickly stepped forward and said: "Madam (Master) (Miss), there is a fire in the backyard? We are still discussing whether we should go over to greet it."
Li Hanyun, Xue Huan'er and Wang Qingyue both waved their hands. They had just quickened their pace, and now they were walking a little bit huffing and puffing. They paused for a while to catch their breath.
Xue Huan'er said: "Let's not waste time here, get in the car and leave quickly. It's okay now, but I'm afraid it won't be easy if everyone is in a hurry to go down the mountain."
The few people stopped talking nonsense and got into their carriages directly. The coachman also rushed the carriage out of the temple gate as soon as possible.
If we stay here for a while, I'm afraid there are so many people that we won't be able to squeeze out. Although there are no cliffs on the mountain road going down the mountain, if there are too many people, it's easy to hit them, and you will be injured.
Upon seeing this, other coachmen ran back, preparing to remind their masters not to just watch the fun, it was important to escape.
If the fire cannot be extinguished, a wildfire may break out on the mountain. There are not many green trees on the mountain here in winter, and it will catch fire at once. Once a wildfire breaks out, no one can run away. The fire spreads much faster than people running away.
Although there is a water source in Qingyuan Mountain, it can only stop the fire. Maybe half of the mountain top can be saved.
Qingyan looked behind her with her consciousness. The fire was indeed quite big now, especially because the sparks were blown by the wind and flew over the temple wall, landing on the branches outside, and now igniting several trees outside. .
Qingyan thought for a while, she didn't know who set the fire, and she didn't know what the purpose was, but if it really caused a mountain fire, none of them would be able to escape.
So she said directly to Chou Chou: "Can you help control the fire? At least put out the flames that are escaping. Otherwise, I'm afraid no one up here can escape."
Chou Chou agreed and immediately extinguished the fires on the several trees that were lit. It did not use water, but directly wrapped the flames with spiritual consciousness, just like blocking the air, and naturally extinguished them.
From an outsider's perspective, they would think it was because of the strong wind that the fire was extinguished.
The other one didn't burn before, it just had a little spark, so it wasn't that obvious.
After that, Chou Chou stared directly over there. As soon as the fire jumped out of the wall, it was extinguished, and the gang was temporarily under control.
Qingyan used her spiritual sense to explore the courtyard where Deputy General Wang lived. Now there was only Deputy General Wang inside. There was a fire outside, not far away, but he just stood in the courtyard and watched, without coming out to put out the fire or leaving. He didn't know if he was just waiting and watching, or if the fire had something to do with him.
While Chou Chou was controlling the fire, he said to Qingyan: "Didn't I keep staring at those two people? They were knocked unconscious just now and taken away from the house that was burned first."
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, "He was taken away? Where is he now? Is he still in the temple?"
Chou Chou: "Yes, it's over there in the third room, but the woman before has disappeared. Now several people are searching inside, and I don't know who it is."
Qingyan thought for a moment and asked, "Is there anyone inside who is wearing blue clothes and looks about 40-50% similar to Vice General Wang? He has a melon-shaped face with Chinese characters, and his eyes are quite big and bulging out."
Chou Chou: "Yes, yes, is this Deputy General Wang's person?"
It was busy staring at the two people before. When Li Hanyun went to find Deputy General Wang, it didn't pay attention there, so it didn't see Wang Kaiyuan.
Qingyan explained to it: "That man is Vice General Wang's nephew, his name is Wang Kaiyuan. He should be the one who led people to arrest them. I described their appearance to Li Hanyun, and now he should be going to arrest the prison general. Madam.
They should have set the fire, but I don't know if they were preparing to lure the snake out of its hole to attract the attention of these people, or if they were trying to cover up something.
I may not be able to see the situation on the mountain after a while. Just keep an eye on it and tell me if there is any new situation. "
They were now on the mountain road. When they came out of the temple, the temple fair outside was still going on. No one had noticed the scene in the temple yet. However, after they walked for a while, they heard more and more noise from behind. The bigger one is, he must have noticed it and is packing up the things on the stall.
Don't say they are cruel for not notifying these people in advance.
Xue Huan'er and the others may have simply not thought of it, or they may have remembered it and couldn't leave for fear of causing chaos.
Qingyan knew that Chou Chou could control the fire and would not hurt so many innocent people. They would just mess around for a while. When they found that the fire had not burned out, they would definitely split into two waves.
One wave is busy running away, and the other is the more enthusiastic people who should help put out the fire. There is strength in numbers. If more people are saved, the fire in the temple will be controlled soon.
Moreover, Deputy General Wang is still inside. If he really set the fire, I believe it will not get out of control.
By the time they reached the mountainside after walking for an hour, Qingyan could no longer see the scene above. But we can see the crowds of people behind us squeezing down the mountain.
Those who were walking felt that the mountain road was too crowded and walked directly through the woods. Now the people who came down were scattered in a fan shape.
Qingyan didn't find the lady in the third room in those carriages. She didn't know whether she left or was controlled by others. Anyway, she didn't find any trace of her.
Of course, it's also possible that the other party had already left before. After listening to what she said to the fake monk, she stopped paying attention there, and she didn't know when she disappeared.
It doesn't matter, anyway, I already know the other party's identity. Unless she never goes home again and disappears, otherwise, she can be found as long as the other party goes back.
She heard from Xue Huan'er that the prison general's wife had two children. She believed that as a mother, she would not disappear easily, even for the sake of her children. There was a high probability that her children would not be implicated.
As for whether the prison general knew the details of his wife or was an accomplice, that would have to be investigated by Deputy General Wang.
They walked for another hour, and when they reached the bottom of the mountain, they looked back and could see the crowd coming down the mountain with the naked eye.
The thick smoke on the top of the mountain can also be seen, and it is thicker and darker than the previous smoke. After asking Chou Chou, I found out that the fire above has been almost extinguished, so now is the time when the smoke is the biggest.
Because it was discovered relatively timely, there were no casualties, not even a single person was injured, only a few rooms and trees were burned down.
Oh, and the lotus pond was almost drained, and many of the fish in it suffered. They were thrown directly into the fire together with water. Chou Chou said it smelled good, because there were several people who put out the fire. Swallowing while splashing water.
The abbot of Qingyuan Temple and the scarred man in his house have also been controlled, and are now tied to Deputy General Wang. Now he has the largest number of people in the yard.
The few suspicious people it and Qingyan found, except for the lady, were all caught in the yard.
In addition to those few people, there was also a group of strong men, who seemed to be Vice General Wang's men, and they all had a military temperament.
Qingyan was sure that the lady had left early, probably because she had completed her mission and there was no need to stay there.
She probably went up the mountain alone without any companions, so no one paid much attention to her when she left.
Xue Huan'er could see the thick black smoke on the mountain through the window of the carriage. She cast a questioning look at Qingyan, and Qingyan nodded invisibly towards her.
Xue Huan'er sighed and said thoughtfully: "Today is really an eventful day."
By this time, they had reached the bottom of the mountain, and the road was much wider. Of course, the three carriages did not walk side by side. After all, there were people coming from the opposite side from time to time, and they couldn't block the road.
So they still marched in a row, with the Wang family's carriage in front, theirs in the middle, and Li Hanyun's behind.
After they walked for a while and walked out of the area under the mountain, they stopped at a flat open space, ready to rest for a while.
There is a tea shed in front of this place, which must have been newly built in recent days. It is specially designed to provide tea and a resting place for people coming and going from the temple fair. There was also a tea shed in the village at the foot of the mountain before, but it was expected that there would be more people there soon, so they did not go there. That stays.
There are two or three miles away from here, and people who come from far away will rest here. After all, I don’t know if there is any free space in the village. After going up the mountain, there is no place to buy tea on the mountain road to the top of the mountain. .
They had walked down the mountain for more than two hours and were already thirsty and tired. They had reached the limit of their endurance.
It was such a coincidence that I met the wife of the prison general.
Because Qingyan had been looking behind her with her consciousness and not paying attention to the front, she really didn't notice her in advance.
I didn't expect that the other party was drinking tea here. I don't know if he just went down the mountain one step ahead of them, or if he was sitting here waiting for someone. It was possible anyway.
Qingyan didn't pay attention to whether there was a carriage in front of her before, so it was hard to say when the other party was here.
When they arrived, Qingyan directly found a place to sit down with Li Muxue and Li Hanyun.
Because Mrs. Wang didn't go out much, she didn't know many people, so it was normal not to know this person. Wang Qingyue and Xue Huan'er came up to say hello. They had met many times at the prefect's place, so it was unreasonable not to say hello when they met.
Qingyan observed the person with her spiritual sense. Seeing that the other person's expression remained unchanged, she responded very naturally. The other person did not know that they already knew her identity. It was normal to be so calm. Even Xue Huan'er surprised her, and she could not change her expression. He was chatting and laughing with the other party, and he was indeed someone who had seen wind and waves.
She didn't know that Xue Huan'er thought the same way. When she saw Qingyan's natural and calm expression, she nodded in her heart. She was indeed someone who had traveled all over the country and was very calm at such a young age.
