Fire Captain

Linxi's plan was to quickly get a ticket to leave the mansion and let Chu Qiao escape. Chu Qiao didn't want to leave. If she wanted to leave, Bai Ziyang could take her away on the first day she came to Yuwen Mansion. But Zhixiang was right. She couldn't stay in Yuwen Mansion and implicate her family.

Chu Qiao looked at Zhi Xiang and said, "You must stay alive and wait for me to come back. I will find a way to pick you up."

Chu Qiao took advantage of the night, carefully avoiding the eyes and ears of the Yuwen Mansion and prepared to sneak out of the mansion, but she didn't expect a carriage to suddenly drive into this remote place, so she quickly hid. After a while, she saw a masked man in black clothes approaching the carriage, and a voice came from the carriage asking, "Did you succeed?"

The man in black nodded and said, "Yes, and I found someone to bury him with me."

The person in the carriage asked, "Is it the book boy Linxi?"

The man in black said, “Yes.”

The person in the carriage said, "Get in the carriage and go see the young master."

Afterwards, the man in black got on the carriage and left, but when he got on the carriage, he dropped something on his body and no one saw it.

After the carriage left, Chu Qiao came out and picked up the item on the ground. She found it was a glove made of a special material. She thought, "Fifth Brother must have been in trouble. I can't just leave like this. I have to go back!" Then she hurried back. As she ran, a voice in her heart kept saying, "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

As she ran, the necklace hanging around her neck suddenly popped out. Chu Qiao thought of the copper whistle that Bai Ziyang had given her before. Because there was no place to hide it, Chu Qiao got a hemp rope and hung it around her neck. At this moment, thinking of Bai Ziyang, it was like the last straw for a drowning person. Without thinking, she blew the whistle hard.

The whistle seemed to be silent. Chu Qiao blew the whistle while running. She didn't know when Bai Ziyang would come. She could only hope that he would arrive in time. Unexpectedly, after a moment, Chu Qiao heard the sound of clothes tearing through the air. She stopped and looked up, just in time to see Bai Ziyang walking on the moon under the moonlight.

Bai Ziyang saw Chu Qiao holding her up, but before he could ask, Chu Qiao grabbed Bai Ziyang's arm and said anxiously: "Fifth brother, save my fifth brother!"

Bai Ziyang said quickly: "Okay, okay, your fifth brother is fine! Feiliu went to save your fifth brother."

Chu Qiao looked at him in confusion and asked, "Fei Liu?"

Bai Ziyang said, "We just passed by Qingshan Courtyard and saw a fire there. I asked Feiliu to rescue your fifth brother, but he seems to be in a bad condition. Come with me to take a look."

Chu Qiao said: "Okay, let's go quickly."

Bai Ziyang suddenly said, "I'm sorry!" He grabbed Chu Qiao's waist and flew up. Chu Qiao saw that the Yuwen Mansion, which was like a cage in the eyes of the servants, was so easy to enter and exit with Bai Ziyang.

Bai Ziyang brought Chu Qiao to a separate courtyard. As soon as Chu Qiao entered the courtyard, she rushed straight into the room. Fei Liu was the only one in the room. Lin Xi was lying on the bed with blood oozing from his mouth and nose. After Bai Ziyang walked in, he took out a bottle of pills from the medicine box in the room and asked Lin Xi to take it. After that, he felt Lin Xi's pulse and shouted, "Someone come!"

A man walked in from somewhere outside the door, stood next to Bai Ziyang and said, "Young Master!"

Bai Ziyang wrote down the prescription with a pen and paper while saying, "Use my prescription to buy the medicine as soon as possible, and bring it back as soon as it's ready."

The man took the prescription and said, "Yes, sir."

Bai Ziyang looked at Chu Qiao who was standing by the bed worriedly and said, "Don't worry, I just gave him my secret detoxification pill. When the medicine is ready, he can take it and his life will be saved."

Chu Qiao said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you!"

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "No need...Okay, you stay here to take care of your fifth brother, I'll go and keep an eye on them."

Chu Qiao suddenly stood up and said, "Wait a minute, I want to go back to Yuwen Mansion!"

Bai Ziyang stopped and asked with a frown, "Why? Aren't you going to leave the house anyway?"

Chu Qiao said, "Originally I was going to leave the house, but now my fifth brother is in trouble, and my eldest sister and my seventh and eighth sisters are still in the Yuwen Mansion, so I have to go and protect them."

Bai Ziyang said directly: "But you can't even protect yourself in Yuwen Mansion."

Chu Qiao said: "I know, but they are my only relatives now... If you don't help me, I can go back to Yuwen Mansion by myself!"

Bai Ziyang choked, and finally said as if giving up: "Oh... okay, okay... I'll help you bring them out."

Chu Qiao did not refuse immediately, but said: "You appeared as soon as I blew the whistle today, which means you definitely did not rush over from here. Fei Liu was able to save my fifth brother so timely, and there were two previous meetings... In other words, you have been visiting Yu Wen Mansion at night? Is there anything in Yu Wen Mansion that you want to get?"

Bai Ziyang's eyes sparkled, and he said admiringly: "How clever!"

Chu Qiao said: "If you help me save my elder sister and the others, I will help you get what you want."

Bai Ziyang said: "You dare to say that, do you know what I want?"

Chu Qiao asked, "Whatever you want!"

Bai Ziyang said: "What a big tone!... Do you and I have to settle it so clearly?"

Chu Qiao looked at Bai Ziyang and said nothing more, but her eyes revealed determination.

Bai Ziyang sighed and said, "That's right..." Chu Qiao is the one who never owes anyone anything.

Chu Qiao looked at the sky and said, "It's almost dawn, please send me back... I'm afraid my elder sisters and the others have already known that Fifth Brother is in trouble..."

On the way back to Yuwen Mansion, Chu Qiao asked, "Wasn't Fei Liu discovered when he saved my fifth brother?"

Bai Ziyang shook his head and said, "No, Fei Liu's body movements are different from those of ordinary people. When I saw Yu Wen Yue was about to stab Lin Xi in the heart, I shot a hidden weapon to make Lin Xi's body shake slightly, causing the tip of Yu Wen Yue's sword to deviate a little and only stab Lin Xi's shoulder. Later, Yu Wen Yue kicked Lin Xi into the fire, and then Qingshan Courtyard caught fire. The scene was chaotic at the time, and Fei Liu took advantage of the smoke and fire to bring Lin Xi out."

Chu Qiao clenched her fists and asked, "What is your purpose in visiting Yu Wen Mansion at night?"

Bai Ziyang said: "I heard that Yuwen Changfang is in charge of the Spy Paper Sky Eye, I want to go in and take a look..."

Chu Qiao said: "Is it that simple?"

Bai Ziyang said, "Is this easy? Qingshan Courtyard is heavily guarded, and the Spy Paper Sky Eye is even more secretive. It is said that there are many traps inside. Fei Liu and I went there many times but never dared to alert the enemy, for fear that we would not be able to go there again if we did not find the item."

Bai Ziyang put Chu Qiao in the woodshed in the backyard. Chu Qiao said, "Qingshan Courtyard! Spy Paper Sky Eye! Got it, you can go now."

Before leaving, Bai Ziyang pinched Chu Qiao's face and said, "Throw it away after use!" After saying that, he hurried away before Chu Qiao could glare at him.

Chu Qiao pushed the door of the firewood room and walked in. She saw Zhi Xiang and Xiao Ba rushing around in the firewood room anxiously. When Zhi Xiang saw Chu Qiao, he was startled and said, "Xiao Liu, why are you back?"

Xiao Ba rushed over and hugged Chu Qiao’s arm and said, “Sixth sister, something happened to Brother Linxi!”

Chu Qiao held their hands and said, "Fifth Brother is fine, don't worry."

Zhixiang said, "How can it be alright? I heard that Linxi murdered the eldest master and was executed by Master Yue himself."

Chu Qiao comforted Zhi Xiang and said, "Don't worry, big sister, Fifth Brother has been rescued by my friend. I just came back from him."

Zhi Xiang asked doubtfully: "Friend?"

Xiao Ba was delighted when he heard this: "Really, Sixth Sister? Is she really your friend? You actually have such a powerful friend?"

Chu Qiao thought of Bai Ziyang's unpredictable tone and said, "Yes, friend... my only friend now!"

After hearing what Chu Qiao said, Zhi Xiang believed that Lin Xi was saved and slowly felt relieved.

Chu Qiao did not tell them that Bai Ziyang would rescue them later. Firstly, she was afraid that they might tell the truth, and secondly, she did not want to let them down if it failed.

During the following period of time, Chu Qiao lay dormant, working hard every day. Unfortunately, she was only a servant and could only work in the garden or the backyard. She could not enter Qingshan Courtyard. She could only take the opportunity to walk around Qingshan Courtyard while working, but she was afraid of being discovered.

One day, Aunt Song, who was in charge of the maids, gathered all the low-ranking maids of Tielingdang together and made them stand in two rows. She pointed out a few of them and said, "Send all of you to Jile Pavilion!" The selected maids immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, but unfortunately, the guards came forward and pulled them away immediately.

Zhixiang was just breathing a sigh of relief when she saw that she was not chosen, but she didn't expect Aunt Song to walk up to her and say, "Take Jing Xiaoliu from the firewood room and send him to Jile Pavilion!" Aunt Song had been dissatisfied with the Jing sisters for a long time because Butler Zhu had taken a fancy to Zhixiang. For Butler Zhu's sake, she spared Zhixiang and didn't blame her for targeting her sister.

Upon hearing this, Zhi Xiang immediately knelt on the ground and begged, "Auntie Song, I beg you to spare my sister...Auntie Song, please be kind to me. As long as Xiao Liu doesn't go to Ji Le Pavilion, I will do whatever you want."

Aunt Song smiled and said, "Oh? Anything is fine?"

Zhi Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, anything is fine!"

Zhixiang returned to the firewood room and saw Xiaoqi coming back from the pasture. The sisters were naturally overjoyed to be reunited. After being happy, Zhixiang took Chuqiao's hand and said, "Xiaoliu, I have something to do and may have to leave Yuwen Mansion for a while. When I'm away, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba will be left to you to take care of."

Chu Qiao looked at Zhi Xiang and asked, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba also hurriedly said, "Where are you going, Sister Zhixiang? We'll go with you!"

Zhixiang said, "Sister, you can go alone. I will be back soon. You two must remember to listen to Sixth Sister when she is not around. Do you understand?"

Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba nodded: "Yeah!"

Finally, Zhi Xiang said, "Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba are now in your hands. No matter what happens in the future, remember to be patient."

Chu Qiao looked at Zhi Xiang and nodded in the end. Zhi Xiang was relieved and hugged her sisters in her arms. Chu Qiao leaned in Zhi Xiang's arms, wondering what happened to her. But no matter what it was, it must be a big deal, because what she said was really like entrusting an orphan to someone else.

At night, Chu Qiao came to the corner of the backyard alone and blew the whistle. After a while, she saw Bai Ziyang jumping down from the wall.

Bai Ziyang brushed off the nonexistent dust on his body and said, "Why do I feel like a pervert climbing over the wall to have a tryst with you?"

Chu Qiao glared at him and said, "Maybe something happened to my elder sister?"

Bai Ziyang's eyes widened slightly as he asked, "What happened?"

Chu Qiao shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but what she said just before she left sounded too much like she was making arrangements for her final resting place..."

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "I understand, don't worry..." Then he flew away.

Chu Qiao waited anxiously in the courtyard, pacing back and forth from time to time. After a long time, she heard the sound of clothes breaking through the air. She looked up and saw Fei Liu flying down from the roof and standing in front of her and said, "It's done, don't worry!"

Chu Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "So, has my elder sister left the Yuwen Mansion?"

Fei Liu tilted his head, thought for a while and said, "Together!"

Chu Qiao thought for a moment and asked, "She is with Fifth Brother?"

"Yeah!" Fei Liu nodded.

Chu Qiao was completely relieved and wanted to raise her hand to pat Fei Liu on the head, but Fei Liu tilted his head and dodged. Then she saw Fei Liu pinching his nose at her and turning around to jump out of the wall.

Chu Qiao smiled happily to herself as she watched Fei Liu running away. Brother Linxi and Sister Zhixiang, whoever can escape from this cannibalistic Yuwen Mansion is a good one.

"Sixth Sister!"

Chu Qiao turned around when she heard the voices and saw Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba. Chu Qiao didn't know what they saw and asked, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Ba couldn't hold back his anger and asked, "Sixth sister, is that the friend you were talking about?"

Chu Qiao nodded, and Xiao Ba said, "Sixth sister, the eldest sister was sent to Ji Le Pavilion!"

Chu Qiao took Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba back to the woodshed and whispered, "I know. Don't worry, Big Sister is fine. My friend just came to tell me that Big Sister has left the house and is now with Brother Linxi."

Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba immediately asked, "Really?"

Chu Qiao looked at them and nodded seriously.