Shen Shen Shen doesn't pursue men, only money

Chapter 193 Escape from the Fire

Zhu Yanxiao made a prompt decision, "Quick! Find some water first!"

Shen Shenshen and Mu Yejun hurriedly looked for a container to hold water. However, this was a trap set by Zhou Yiran long ago, so how could there be any container to hold water? The three of them searched around, and the only water they could use was a bucket of water in the toilet on the first floor.

As the black smoke became thicker, he could see the flames outside the wooden door. Zhu Yanxiao went over and touched the door. Fortunately, it was not very hot. He made up his mind, "It's too late. We must break through the door as soon as possible! Second Master Mu, help me."

Mu Yejun also realized the urgency of the situation at this time. The two of them rushed towards the gate and hit the door with their bodies, once, twice, three times... Finally, the door lock loosened and a door panel fell down.

However, the scene outside the door was beyond the three's expectations.

It seemed as if a circle had been built outside the teahouse, surrounding the two-story building. The outer circle of the building had been engulfed by flames, which were crackling and billowing with smoke, making it impossible to pass through. What was even more terrifying was that the flames were spreading toward the teahouse along the wooden circle that had been built outside the gate.

"Hahaha, Mu Yejun and Zhu Yanxiao, today I will make you die in the sea of ​​fire. Second Master Mu, what do you think? This sea of ​​fire is to prevent you from escaping with the shadow jump technique."

There was a sound coming from afar. Through the firelight, a group of people could be vaguely seen standing in the distance. The man leading them was the escaped Zhou Yiran.

"Shenshen, I really like you. If you had left first, you would be mine now. But since Miss Shen doesn't want to leave first, let you and Zhu Yanxiao be a pair of ghost mandarin ducks. It's a pity that you are so beautiful that you can make fish sink to the bottom of the water and geese fall to the ground."

After all, they were in the capital, and seeing the fire getting bigger and bigger would definitely attract government officials. Zhou Yiran didn't want to cause trouble, so he waved to the people following him and said, "Let's go."

"Cough cough cough, Ziyuan, what should we do? Cough cough cough." Shen Shenshen's voice trembled. At this time, the thick smoke was choking her and making it difficult for her to breathe.

Zhu Yanxiao's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Run upstairs, ahem, and see if there is any other way out! Fei Daowei should, ahem, be trying to save me."

"Wait a moment." Shen Shenshen endured the severe pain in his eyes and the coughing.

She pulled up the hem of her skirt and said to Mu Yejun, "Ahem, Huaibi, use the dagger to cut three long and wide strips of cloth. Ahem, hurry up. Ahem, don't ask why. There's no time left. Ahem."

Zhu Yanxiao listened to her words and swallowed back the words that he wanted to stop her from tearing her clothes.

Shen Shen took the three strips of cloth cut from the hem of her skirt and put them in the wooden barrel filled with water on the first floor to soak them all. She kept one strip for herself and gave the other two to the two people. "Quick, take the strips of cloth and cover your mouth and nose."

The two noble gentlemen hesitated. This was toilet water and it was impossible to take it, not to mention that they had to cover their mouths and noses.

Shen Shen covered her mouth and nose with a piece of cloth, and immediately felt that she was relieved from inhaling the thick smoke. Looking at the two people, she was angry: "Which is more important, life or poverty? Hurry up, I don't want to talk about it for the third time."

The two could only take the cloth strips to cover their mouths and noses, which immediately relieved the suffocation caused by the thick smoke.

Shen Shen continued, "Bend over and walk along the wall. The lower you are, the better, because the smoke is rising."

The two did as they were told. The three of them turned around and walked quickly towards the stairs, lowering their heads.

"God, how do you know all this?" Mu Yejun couldn't help but ask, pointing to the wet cloth strips.

Shen Shenshen said: "Save your life first, and go out to tell Huaibi." But in his heart he said: With the nine years of compulsory education in the previous life.

The three of them had to find a way to escape before the fire spread to the roof. Mu Yejun walked with his back bent, observing the surroundings. Suddenly, he found a window next to the toilet at the end of the first floor, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

"There's a window over there, maybe we can escape from there!" Mu Yejun said, pointing to the window.

Zhu Yanxiao and Shen Shenshen looked at each other, then quickly bent over and walked towards the window.

However, when they approached the window, they found that there was a high wall outside the window. The distance between the window and the wall was so narrow that there was not enough space for a person, and there was no possibility of escape at all.

"What should I do..." Shen Shen muttered to himself in despair.

"Let's go upstairs first." Zhu Yanxiao walked upstairs, and the other two followed immediately.

The three of them came to the second floor, where the smoke was even thicker and even the cloth strips could not block it. But as expected, as long as there was a window, there was a high wall outside.

Zhou Yiran had indeed planned everything out.

The fire had begun to spread into the teahouse, and the three of them began to feel anxious.

At this moment, Zhu Yanxiao noticed a thick beam above his head. He suddenly had an idea.

"We can climb up to the beam and see if we can find another exit," said Zhu Yanxiao.

Mu Yejun and Shen Shenshen nodded. Zhu Yanxiao picked up Shen Shenshen by the waist and jumped onto the beam. Mu Yejun followed closely behind, and the three of them moved forward cautiously.

As he walked slowly along the beam, Zhu Yanxiao suddenly heard a faint crackling sound coming from below. He looked down and saw that the fire on the first floor was getting bigger and bigger, and it was about to burn to the second floor where they were.

"It seems that we need to speed up!" Zhu Yanxiao said in a deep voice.

Zhu Yanxiao hugged Shen Shenshen tightly, and Mu Yejun accelerated forward together. When they were about to reach the end of the beam, a crack suddenly appeared in front of them, which seemed to lead to another room.

"Look, cough cough... there might be an exit there!" Shen Shenshen covered his mouth and nose with a piece of cloth clenched in one hand, and pointed his other hand directly at the crack.

Seeing this, the three of them did not hesitate to speed up and get into the room through the crack. Although the room was still filled with smoke, Shen Shen had prepared some wet cloth strips in advance and told them how to move in the thick smoke. The three of them continued to bend over in the room and grope forward carefully.

"Ahem, there's a door here. Ahem..." Mu Yejun shouted loudly. Before the other two responded, he couldn't wait to push the door open.

In an instant, a fresh and pleasant air blew on my face like a spring breeze.

"We're out!" Shen Shenshen shouted excitedly, and accidentally took another puff of smoke, "Cough cough cough, cough cough cough."

This place is a barren mountain with trees and bushes. Mu Yejun turned around and closed the door to isolate the smoke in the house. Not far away, the Ziyun Tea House was on fire and smoke was billowing. The smoke and dust were dispersed by the night wind. The three people standing not far away could feel the heat from the flames and the strong pungent smell of smoke.

Having successfully escaped from the raging fire, they all gasped for breath, feeling lucky to have escaped death.

"Ziyuan is really amazing." Shen Shenshen was happy that he had survived a disaster. "If Ziyuan hadn't thought of climbing the beam, we might all be dead."

"It's just luck. Zhou Yiran probably doesn't know about the secret passage in this teahouse. Let's leave here quickly. The government officials should be here soon. I'm sure Second Young Master Mu doesn't want to reveal his identity." Zhu Yanxiao said.

"Thank you for your help, Prince. See you tomorrow." Mu Yejun clasped his fists and saluted, his eyes looking at Shen Shenshen who was still hugged by Zhu Yanxiao, his eyes full of tenderness. He ignored Zhu Yanxiao's warning eyes and reached out to gently wipe off the black ash on Shen Shenshen's cheek, but it didn't matter. Instead, the black ash became more and more, making half of her face as black as ink.

"Pfft~" Mu Yejun couldn't help laughing out loud after all: "Hahaha, Shenshen looks even better. Take care of yourself, I will come to see you again after I have dealt with the affairs of Fenyingtang."

"Huai Bi, what are you laughing at?" Shen Shenshen became alert and raised her hand to touch her face. When she saw that her hands were all black, she immediately understood. Just as she was about to speak, she saw that Mu Yejun had already stepped into the shadows in the courtyard and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Humph, he's a fast runner!" Shen Shen muttered in a proud tone. At this time, Zhu Yanxiao also saw her dark face and couldn't help laughing.

Before Shen Shenshen got angry with him, he reached out and put his arms around Shen Shenshen's slender waist, and said softly: "This prince will take you back home now." After saying that, he uttered a few strange syllables, and soon Xingyun and Liushui jumped down from the darkness.

"Prince, are you okay?" Xingyun looked relieved.

"Prince, I was extremely worried. Xingyun and I tried several times to go into the house to save you, but the fire was too big and we couldn't get in." Liushui said in a tearful voice.

I saw that both of their faces were blackened by smoke. I guess they were suffocated by the thick smoke when they rushed into the house.