A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Guier got up and checked herself for injuries. Fortunately, she was sitting on a bench in the pavilion with a stone table in front of her, which blocked most of the shock wave. As for the part above the stone table, she was holding a thick stack of newspapers, which also protected her face to a certain extent. However, her hands holding the newspapers were scratched by some flying debris.

Dingxiang was lying face down in front of the pavilion. Guier hurried forward and wanted to help her up. She was still a little unconscious. The pavilion was more than ten meters away from the explosion site, which was not a big deal. However, when she fell with the teapot and teacup in her hand, the teapot also broke into pieces on the ground. Her face happened to hit the ground, and her face was scratched by the fragments of the teapot.

Gui'er helped her up. She was still confused and didn't know what was going on. She looked at Gui'er blankly. After a while, she reached out and touched her face, and found that it was covered with blood. She screamed in fear: "Miss, I'm bleeding, what should I do?"

Gui'er comforted her, "It's just a superficial wound. You were scratched by the broken pieces of the teapot. Isn't there a small medicine box in the luggage we brought? There's some white medicine in it. Go get it and apply it."

Dingxiang stumbled into the house.

Guier walked forward cautiously, mainly because she was afraid of a second explosion.

About six or seven meters away from the car, a man lay lying. Judging by his clothes, he was the butler. Gui'er walked up to him and saw that his face and head had been bruised by fragments from the explosives. The largest wound was on his chest, a hole the size of a bowl. His blue gown was stained black with blood, and there were many small cuts on it, probably from the fragments. Gui'er shouted, "Butler, butler!"

He was unconscious and opened his mouth slightly as if he wanted to respond, but no sound came out. Guier knew that he must be seriously injured and hurriedly called for help.

At this time, the other servants in the room heard the loud noise and stuck their heads out. Xiao Wu also came out of the servants' dormitory, but like the other servants, he was frightened by the sudden explosion and stood there blankly, at a loss.

Gui'er said to them, "Why are you still standing there? Put out the fire quickly or it'll explode again."

Those people finally reacted and started carrying buckets. Some of them collected water from the house, while others collected water from the abandoned well in the courtyard.

After pouring a few buckets of water, the fire was finally put out. The three people in the car had become three charred corpses and were no longer worth saving. No one dared to get too close. Guier bravely walked to the side of the car.

They discovered that there was a big hole in the chassis of the car. The bomb was probably installed at this position. Three people, Director Shen, the driver, and the dancer, were no longer in their original positions. They were lying here and there in the car. The bodies of the three people were mutilated to varying degrees. Director Shen and the dancer had lost the lower half of their bodies, their fingers were also missing to varying degrees, their hair was burned off, and their clothes were burnt to pieces. The driver sitting in the front seat had most of his clothes burned off, one ear was missing, and his hair was gone. The three people gave people the feeling that they were zombies in a doomsday zombie movie who were corroded to the point of being reduced to skeletons.

Gui'er gasped and said to the servant, "Where is the nearest hospital? Send the housekeeper there quickly."

Xiaowu stepped forward and wanted to carry the housekeeper on his back, but Guier stopped him and said, "He is too badly injured and cannot be carried on this bumpy ride. Bring a door panel over. If that doesn't work, get a cart and push him over." Everyone then hurriedly went to look for tools.

At this time, Dingxiang came down from the stairs, bringing her small medicine box. Guier quickly poured the white medicine on the housekeeper's wound and poured a little into his mouth. Regardless of whether he could understand or not, she said to him, "Housekeeper, hold on a little. I'll take you to the hospital right away."

Everyone carefully moved the housekeeper onto the cart and pushed it to the gate, only to find that the iron gate was not open. They went to call the doorman, who was found lying in the guard room next to the gate. There were no obvious serious injuries on his body, but a large piece of debris like iron sheet was embedded in his head, and he was dead.

Gui'er called a few servants and said, "Open the door. After letting them out, close the door immediately. Call the patrol. The men in the house should carry something to protect themselves in case someone takes advantage of the chaos and robs them."

After hearing this, the servants hurriedly grabbed their weapons and opened the door. Sure enough, many curious people were already gathered outside the door. When they saw a seriously injured person being carried out of the yard, they rushed over and some even asked what happened.

Gui'er gave the few silver dollars she had on her to Xiaowu, saying, "This is for the housekeeper's medical expenses. Tell the doctor to do his best to treat the patient."

After Xiaowu and the escorting servants left the gate, everyone quickly closed the door again.

Now Guier has become the only legitimate master in this family, and everyone is looking at her.

Gui'er gathered her thoughts and said, "Who's home now? Everyone, come out and count them. See if there's anyone injured who hasn't been noticed."

So everyone gathered in the hall, looking at each other, and suddenly someone said to Guier, "Miss, the Flower King is missing."

Kao is a gardener who specializes in arranging flowers, plants and trees in the garden, and is sometimes also responsible for cleaning the garden.

Guier said to everyone, "Hurry up and search in the yard."

Everyone ran to the yard, and soon someone screamed "Ah!" Guier hurried over and saw a body lying in a cluster of tall flowers, only one or two meters away from where the car exploded. The body was in a horrible state. It was called a body, but in fact it was just a large torso, and his hands and feet were scattered among the large bunch of flowers.

Guier asked the servant, "Is this the Flower King?"

Everyone nodded, and Gui'er said to them, "Hurry up and notify the police station. Everyone should stay indoors during this period. We must keep the gates closed until the police and guards arrive to prevent any criminals from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos and loot."

Gui'er said this because, on the one hand, she was worried about someone taking advantage of the chaos to rob. This was nothing new. Shanghai's newspapers reported every day about people being robbed or burglarized after a death. She had to be on guard. She also felt that the car had always been parked in the yard. If someone had planted explosives on it, it was likely someone from the Shen residence, and she had to prevent him from escaping.

Then she added, "We have to find a way to inform Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen. Does anyone know where they went?"

A maid who often stayed by Mrs. Shen's side stood up and said timidly, "I think they might have gone to the Peace Hotel to look for the young master and the nanny."

Gui'er quickly went to the phone in the study, but she didn't know the number of the Peace Hotel. Thinking quickly, she called Wu Mingqiang and said, "Brother Wu, there's an accident. Director Shen was killed. The car he was riding in exploded in the yard. Five people died and one was injured. Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen were out and escaped. The servant said they might be at the Peace Hotel. Could you please help pass the message on?"