concubines are respected

Chapter 43 Missing
The downstairs of the lamp building was in chaos. From a distance, the hut on the roof was shrouded in raging fire. Although the distance was far away, the sound of burning wood could still be clearly heard.

"The water is gone, the water is gone. Come quickly." The crowd shouted incessantly, and a few bold men rushed to the roof, and turned back after a while, "The fire is too big to go up. , everyone, run for your life, if you stay for a while, even the lamp building will collapse!"

Steward Lin led the servants back and forth among the crowd, calling loudly, "Miss! Miss! Where are you?"

"Steward Lin, we are here, get out of here quickly, we are safe." Lin Zhilan's voice came faintly from the crowd.Lin Butler looked up and saw that Lin Zhilan was fleeing to the street with the flow of people under the guard of the servant girl, and he was relieved.Just now when he heard that the roof was on fire, he ordered someone to send Lin Yinglu and Lin Ruxue back to the Juxian Pavilion first. Now seeing Lin Zhilan, he thought that Lin Zhilan and Lin Suxian were together. Lin Suxian is fine, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, Lin Steward immediately followed the flow of people to Juxian Pavilion.

Back at Juxian Pavilion, the faces of the crowd were still in shock. At some point, San Yiniang had led Shujian back to the Tianzihao room. Only her slightly messy hair could tell the thrill of running away.

"Thank goodness, the masters are safe and sound, so I can rest assured." Lin Butler returned to the room, raised his eyes to see several masters gathered together in the room, and said in a slightly trembling voice, before he finished speaking, he suddenly panicked Found that there was one person missing in the room, "Second Miss, why don't you see Second Miss!"

"Ah, where is Second Sister, she is clearly following me!" Lin Zhilan also exclaimed, her eyes full of panic.

"Miss, don't worry, maybe there are too many people crowded, send someone out to search, now such a big thing happened, we'd better go back to the mansion first, so as not to surprise the old lady." Liu Qing who was serving beside her Words of comfort.

Butler Lin's face turned pale with fright, the old lady told herself to take care of the masters, and if Suxian had any accidents, he couldn't go back and explain.

Seeing this, Third Aunt immediately ordered, "Steward Lin, take someone out to search for you, and let's go back home first."

At this time, Shujian on the side refused to obey, and started crying loudly, "No, Shujian is going to find the second sister, Shujian should not go back first."

"Oh, my little ancestor, this is not the time for you to get angry. Now that the lamphouse is on fire, the news must have been sent back to the mansion. If we don't go back, we will make the old lady panic, but why? Good." Saying that, San Yiniang stepped out of the room first, and hurriedly walked downstairs to the sedan chair.

Lin Zhilan and the others didn't delay any longer, followed closely behind San Yiniang, got into a sedan chair, and headed towards Lin's residence.

Butler Lin stomped his feet anxiously, not daring to stop any longer, and led a few servants to rush towards the opposite lamp building. The crowds on the street were in a panic, and it was not easy to find someone at this time.

The fire in the lamp building finally subsided, and news came from the crowd that the top of the lamp building had been burned to ashes, and the fire had spread to the fourth floor.The government office sent officials to go upstairs to put out the fire, and finally brought the fire under control. Most of the people had dispersed in front of the very lively lantern building just now, only some of the scattered servants were calling the master's name.

Butler Lin was sweating profusely, and searched in two ways with the fellow servants, but Suxian was never seen. At this time, there were chattering voices from the crowd, "Today's fire is really enough!" It's evil, and it's kind of ignited."

"I heard that it was the young lady of Lin's mansion who put a lamp on the top floor and accidentally ignited the pavilion where she was resting, which caused the fire. Looking at the young lady's slender and weak appearance, she must have been buried in the flames." Another person took the conversation and said. .

"Really! Oh, what a pity, he lost his life at such a young age. Lin's family has had bad luck in recent years. First, the old man was sick in bed, and now the young lady in the mansion lost her life. I don't know if there is something wrong with the ancestral grave, one after another. something happened."

The other people whispered, butler Lin was covered in cold sweat. If what others said was true, the person who put a lamp on the top and killed him must be the second young lady - Lin Suxian!
"Quick, come up with me to have a look!" Lin Butler couldn't hold his breath, and rushed towards the lamp building with big strides.

"Stop, there's a fire upstairs, Mr. Zhou has ordered no one to enter!" The official guard standing in front of the gate of the lamp building blocked Lin Butler's pace.

"Please, sir, I am the housekeeper of Lin's mansion. My second young lady just got lost. I have to go up and have a look, otherwise I won't be able to go back and tell the truth." Butler Lin begged.

"My lord has an order, how dare we disobey it. Look at the burning upstairs. Even if your young lady is upstairs, she must be dead. I think you should go back and report to your master. Ruo Lou There is a dead body here, I will go to the yamen to claim it later." Seeing that it was someone from Lin's residence, the official's tone softened a little, but because he was following orders, he did not dare to decide to let Steward Lin in.

"Alas!" Lin Butler sighed heavily, and led the servants to rush to Lin's mansion.

"Old madam, you should punish the slave. It is the slave's dereliction of duty that caused the second lady to go missing. The slave deserves to die!" Back in the mansion, the main hall was brightly lit, and housekeeper Lin came forward to bow down to the old lady with a wailing voice. In front of me, "The lamp building has been blocked by the officials, and the slaves can't go up. I heard that the second lady is on the top floor, but the guard officer said that there is a piece of ashes burning on the top floor. If anyone is on it, I'm afraid they will die."

"What? Is Qian'er really on the top of the building?" The old lady let out a mournful cry, and almost lost her breath. The mother-in-law who was waiting on the side immediately stroked the old lady's heart and comforted her for a long time. After getting over it, the wrinkled face was full of tears, "Hurry up and send someone to inquire again, Qian'er is fine, hurry up!"

"Hurry up!" The eldest lady who was sitting on the side shouted anxiously to Steward Lin, with a worried expression on her face, she turned around and said softly to the old lady, "Mother, don't be impatient, Qian'er is so clever, how could she be so smart?" It is so easy to have an accident, it must be lost, and it will be back soon."

Steward Lin blessed the body, and ordered a lot of servants to run outside.

"Second Sister. I hope Second Sister will be fine." Lin Zhilan echoed, with a look of hesitation on her face.

"Lan'er, how did you and Qian'er get lost, tell me quickly." The old lady raised her hand to wipe away her tears and asked in a strong nasal voice.

"Back to the old lady, Lan'er and the second sister went up to the lantern building together, intending to light up the lamp to pray for their father. When they got to the top of the building, they realized that they forgot to buy a wishing lamp on the ground floor. Lan'er thought that the second sister was weak and should not run back and forth. So I asked my second sister to rest upstairs, and went down to buy the wishing lamp by myself, who would have thought that as soon as I got downstairs, I heard that there was a fire on the top floor, Laner tried to go upstairs, but was crowded by the crowd I can’t get up.” While speaking, Lin Zhilan raised her hand to wipe away the tears welling up in her eyes, and said with self-blame, “It’s all Lan’er’s fault. Did my sister escape, or, or."

Speaking of this, Lin Zhilan stopped talking, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and began to cry.

According to this, Lin Suxian must have more bad luck than good luck, the old lady couldn't hold back her grief any longer, she patted her heart and cried out, "Poor Xian'er, if you just go like this, how can grandma treat you like this in the future?" Father, tell me!"

The old lady was confused, and there were ups and downs of crying in the main hall, some of them were sincere and some were fake, Lin Shujian was crying like a tearful person, breaking away from the embrace of the third aunt, regardless of the identity of the second young master, Sitting on the ground, he kicked his feet non-stop, "Second Sister will not die, I want Second Sister, I want Second Sister. Woohoo."

Xiangcao and Xi'er, guards in the Yixiang Pavilion, got the news and hurried to the main hall. Seeing this scene, Xiangcao almost couldn't stand upright. If it wasn't for Xi'er's support behind her, she almost fell to the ground.

"Old madam, please let this servant go out to look for the second young lady. Our second young lady is very lucky, and it is impossible to just go like this!" Xiang Cao knelt on the ground, her face was covered with tears, and her trembling voice was full of uneasiness. mood.

"Go, go, it's always good to have more people looking for it." The old lady covered her face and wept, and waved her arms weakly and said to Vanilla.

Xiang Cao didn't delay any longer, got up and strode out the door, but the voice of the eldest lady sounded behind her, "Mother, please be sorry, although Qian'er is not my own body, she is the master's own flesh and blood, so she went first at such a young age." The daughter-in-law will definitely have a grand funeral for Xian'er, and let her enjoy the privileges that a daughter of the Lin family deserves."

Gritting her white teeth tightly, she turned her head and raised her voice and said to the eldest lady, "Madame, please allow this slave to be disrespectful. At this moment, the life and death of the second miss is uncertain, how can you speak like this? The slave firmly believes that the second miss will be fine, and the second miss will definitely Go home safely!"

"You!" Da Furen didn't expect Vanilla's tone to be so strong, she immediately showed sullen expression, raised her finger and shouted angrily at Vanilla, "What a bold servant, dare to speak to me like this, don't tell me you have forgotten your identity!"

"Forget it, forget it. Vanilla is also worried about Qian'er, so she will speak rudely." The old lady closed her eyes and said in a sad tone. At this moment, her mind is full of matters about Su Xian's safety, and there is no mood to care about who is right and who is wrong, " Xiangcao, go out and look for it, and I will definitely find my Qian'er back."

Xiang Cao ignored the eldest lady and hurriedly walked outside the mansion.

Time passed by, and the main hall fell into a deathly silence. The old lady was unable to cry, and leaned on the chair, looking eagerly at the entrance of the main hall, waiting for the servants to return.

Although the eldest lady had a worried look on her face, she had already calmed down. She tried several times to persuade the old lady to go back to her room to rest, but she was rejected by the old lady, so she had to wait for the news by her side.After all, Lin Shujian was young, and after crying for a while, he curled up tiredly in the arms of Third Aunt and fell asleep. Lin Zhilan and the others sat upright beside the side seat, although their eyes were full of tiredness, but the old lady still insisted on staying here Waiting, naturally no one dared to go back to the room to rest.It was almost midnight at this time, and outside the open hall, bursts of chill hit. Although the heaters on both sides of the main hall were on, they couldn't resist the cold wind pouring in. The old lady was hit by the cold wind and couldn't help but slap sneeze.

"Madam, you'd better go back to your room and rest. Butler Lin hasn't found anyone at this time, so Qian'er must be in trouble." The eldest lady persuaded in a low voice.

"Oh, poor child." The old lady was already in despair at this time, and two lines of dirty tears fell again from her red and swollen eyes.

At this time, hurried footsteps finally sounded outside the hall, and soon Steward Lin led many servants into the main hall, "Go back to the old lady, the slaves have led people to search all over Kangzhou City, but there is no sign of the second miss. Yes. Really."

Before Steward Lin could finish speaking, the old lady was exhausted and passed out in grief.

"Old madam! Old madam, wake up." The crowd surrounded them in panic, some pinched people, some rubbed their chests, making a mess like ants on a hot pot.

The cold wind outside the hall was stronger, and the door of the main hall was blowing creakingly and piercingly, "Close the door quickly!" The eldest lady ordered the servants anxiously, and then looked out of the hall, suddenly the light outside the main hall On the dim stone path, a familiar figure came staggeringly, "Who is it?" Da Furen was startled, and boldly asked.

"Mother, Qian'er is back." Suxian's voice came faintly mixed with the cold wind from far and near.

"Ah! Ghost!" Lin Zhilan who was at the side was the first to exclaim before the eldest lady came back to her senses.

(End of this chapter)