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A raging fire!

Jiang Bingning had no time to panic.

She had only one thought in her mind: escape!

She immediately turned around and rushed toward the door.

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the heavy wooden door remained completely still.

wrong!

Outside the door, it was as if a massive boulder weighing a thousand pounds was blocking it!

A terrible thought flashed through my mind.

This isn't smuggling, this is murder!

Her heart sank, and she immediately ran to the window.

push!

The window was also blocked by a tremendous force, as if it had been nailed shut from the outside.

Thick smoke had already begun to seep in through the cracks in the doors and windows, making people's throats feel tight.

Jiang Bingning grabbed a stool and smashed it hard against the window!

"Clang!"

The bench leg snapped in two, but the window didn't even crack!

The window was jammed shut from the outside with something much stronger!

The fire spread incredibly fast, and the window paper was already charred and curled from being scorched by the outside.

She could feel the heat seeping in through the walls.

Just then, a heart-wrenching cry came from outside the window.

"Miss! Miss, are you inside?!"

It's a spring peach!

"Miss, please answer me! Waaaaah..."

Jiang Bingning's heart tightened, and she shouted back, "Chun Tao! I'm fine!"

"Look! What's blocking the door and windows?"

Upon hearing her voice, Chun Tao paused in her sobs, then cried out in an even louder voice, "Miss! The door... the door is locked with a big brass padlock! It was locked from the outside!"

"The windows... the windows were also blocked up with several thick wooden strips!"

I...I can't open it!

It was indeed premeditated murder!

What a cruel method! They're going to burn her alive here!

"Chuntao! Don't worry about me! Go find someone! Go get help quickly!"

"No!" Chun Tao cried and shook her head, desperately trying to pry the scalding hot wooden strips apart with her hands.

"I'm not leaving! Brother Changfu has already gone to call for help! Miss, I can't leave you alone!"

"Miss, just hang in there a little longer, they'll be here soon!"

Are you waiting for someone to come?

Jiang Bingning looked at the door that had already begun to burn and knew exactly what was going on.

The fire started so suspiciously, and the way the doors and windows were blocked was so professional; there was no way the other side would have given them time to wait for reinforcements.

By the time Changfu returns with his men, this place will probably be nothing but scorched earth!

Unable to persuade Chuntao, she had to rely on herself!

Jiang Bingning forced herself to calm down, her gaze sharp as she quickly scanned everything in the room.

What can break free from this doomed prison?

Her gaze finally settled on the pearwood bed she had just lain on.

At the four corners of the bed, there are four wrist-thick supports for hanging the bed curtains.

This support frame wasn't made of wood, but of jet-black refined iron!

The Northern Barbarians value martial prowess, and the furnishings in the royal palace appear elegant, but in reality, they are full of hidden dangers. Even the bedposts are made of fine iron, in case of emergencies!

There is always a way out!

She leaped to the bedside and gripped one of the cast iron supports tightly with both hands.

"drink!"

She let out a deep shout and channeled all the internal energy she had cultivated into her arms!

With a creak, she managed to pull out the iron rod that was deeply embedded in the solid wooden bed!

"Bang!"

She ripped the entire iron rod, along with the shattered wood chips, off the bed frame!

With the heavy iron bar in her hand, she no longer hesitated. Holding the bar with both hands, she aimed at the nailed-together window and stabbed it with all her might!

"boom--!"

The sturdy window frame, along with the wooden strips sealing it from the outside, shattered instantly under the terrifying impact of the iron frame!

She smashed open a passage for survival!

"Miss!"

Chuntao outside the window let out a delighted scream.

Without thinking twice, Jiang Bingning leaped out of the broken window!

The moment my feet touched the ground, a wave of scorching heat hit me.

Chuntao rushed over, crying, and threw a heavy coat, soaked with water from who-knows-where, over her head.

"Thank goodness...Miss...you're alright...waaaah..."

Chuntao hugged her tightly.

Jiang Bingning helped her up, saying, "Don't cry, let's go!"

The two supported each other and staggered towards the outside of the courtyard.

But after taking only two steps, Jiang Bingning suddenly stopped!

wrong!

She turned around abruptly, staring intently at the house that was already mostly engulfed in flames.

Upon seeing this, Chun Tao turned pale with fright.

"Miss! What are you doing?! The fire is too big, let's go!"

Jiang Bingning shook off her hand, her bright eyes flashing with determination in the firelight.

She gritted her teeth and said, "I have to go back."

"Why, Miss!" Chun Tao completely broke down, kneeling on the ground and clinging tightly to her legs.

"Why are you going back to your death?!"

"Please, miss! We've escaped! Please don't go back!"

Jiang Bingning looked at the collapsing roof beams and knew that she didn't have time left.

With a sudden burst of strength, she took advantage of Chun Tao's momentary weakness and flipped over to jump back through the broken window!

"Miss--!"

Behind them came Chun Tao's desperate, heart-wrenching cry.

"boom!"

The scorching heat instantly engulfed her.

Fortunately, her soaked clothes protected her from being burned by the flames immediately.

The thick smoke inside the room made it almost impossible for her to open her eyes.

She held her breath and stumbled toward the study.

The bookshelf has been set on fire!

Jiang Bingning was extremely anxious. Ignoring the scalding temperature, she reached out and began searching.

She quickly pulled out the books, wrapped them tightly in her already damp clothes that were almost dried by the sun, and held them protectively in her arms.

She turned to leave, but was horrified to find that the fire inside the house had spread into a sea of ​​flames!

Burning pieces of wood were falling from the roof beams with a crackling sound. She dodged left and right, and finally managed to get to the window again.

But the road we came from has now become an insurmountable wall of fire!

The entire window, along with the eaves outside, was engulfed in flames.

it's over...

A deep sense of despair surfaced on her face.

Just then!

"Step back!"

A loud shout suddenly came from outside the wall of fire!

That voice…it’s Ji Chengyun’s?!

Jiang Bingning subconsciously took a step back.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud crash!

A whole bucket of icy well water was violently splashed onto the burning window from the outside with tremendous force!

"Sizzle—!"

A piercing sound rang out, and white steam mixed with black smoke shot into the sky.

The bucket of water managed to create a brief opening in the flame on the window!

It's now!

This is her only chance to escape!

She clutched the books tightly to her chest, even feeling the stinging pain and smelling the burning of her hair, but she couldn't care less!

She took two quick steps forward and, disregarding everything, leaped out of the still burning and smoking window!