Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 198 Searching

Shen Jing secretly rolled his eyes and complained quietly to Yuan Qing beside him, "He is such a pretentious person. He has to do so many tricks when writing a poem."

"You'd better think about the chrysanthemum poem for a while. If everyone has come up with one, you're still scratching your head." As he said this, Yuan Qing glanced at the prefect's wife, and his meaning was self-evident.

Shen Jing suddenly had a headache, "Really? The imperial examination doesn't test poetry writing."

At this moment, a maid came running over in a hurry. She ran so fast that she fell to the ground when she got in front of everyone.

The ladies and young ladies who were in a happy mood, as well as the students from the academy who were invited by Shen Yonghui, were all stunned by this scene. After a moment of silence, someone came forward to ask questions and help the maid.

"Whose maid is this? How did she get into this state? Get up, get up!"

The maid's clothes were dirty, and the style and pattern could not be easily discerned. However, Lady Shun'an and other people from the Shen Mansion recognized that the clothes belonged to their own mansion from the color of the clothes. For a moment, all the masters of the Shen Mansion had unhappy expressions on their faces, and the servants were complaining in their hearts.

Now, the reputation lost by Aunt Lian cannot be restored. Instead, people think that the Shen family has no rules and the maids are reckless.

Mother Zhu sighed secretly and was about to describe this maid as a temporary worker who had just been hired into the mansion and was still learning the rules, so as to minimize the impact.

"The kitchen is on fire! Ma'am, the kitchen is on fire!"

Mother Zhu's words were stuck in her throat. She subconsciously looked at her master and saw that her face was pale, then quickly turned red, her lips trembled uncontrollably, gradually lost all color, and then fell backwards.

"Old lady!" Mother Zhu exclaimed and hurried to help. The eldest lady next to her had already quickly supported Princess Shun'an.

Mother Zhu's tense heart relaxed slightly, and she turned around and shouted, "Doctor Lin! Doctor Lin!"

Doctor Lin, who was not far away, had already rushed over here when he heard the maid's words, and was now nearby.

She quickly felt the pulse of Lady Shunan, then took out a silver needle and inserted it into her Ren Zhong point.

The eldest wife of the Shen Mansion looked at the fainted Shun'an County Lady, then looked at the embarrassed maid on the ground, and had to step forward to take charge of the situation: "Third sister-in-law, go to the kitchen first, my second brother and I will be here in a while."

The most important thing right now is to put out the fire and arrange for the guests to leave. The cause of the fire is not important and cannot be asked because she has already guessed it a little.

She looked at the ladies apologetically, and together with the second wife arranged for the guests to leave.

When he heard that the kitchen was on fire, Yuan Qing immediately remembered that when the wife of the Shen family was greeting someone just now, she had mentioned that Princess Shun'an would drink medicinal food in a while. So at this point in time, Song Ying must be making medicinal food in the kitchen.

He couldn't help but feel nervous, and stood up and said, "Let's go too, and see if we can help."

Although Shen Tingzhao resigned from his official position and stayed at home due to mourning, he still played an important role in the officialdom of Shunqing Prefecture. Most of the students from the academy who were invited here today hoped to gain his appreciation through the chrysanthemum viewing banquet.

Yuan Qing's words reminded them that now was the time to show their abilities, and they all asked to go and help. Some were even so anxious that they followed the servants and ran over there.

A group of people rushed to the kitchen and found that the large kitchen in the middle was completely engulfed in flames, and the two small rooms nearby were also burning.

The third wife was terrified and walked quickly to Fang Mama who was directing the gate: "Fang Mama, what's the situation?"

Mother Fang's voice became hoarse from shouting. She turned her head and said in surprise and worry, "Madam San, why did you come here in person? It's very dangerous here. Please go somewhere else first. I will take care of this place."

The Third Wife naturally knew the danger, but at this moment, if the master did not step forward to make a decision, the servants would be afraid of the fire and be negligent, and who knows what would happen.

She could only wave her hand with a sullen face, and pointed out dozens of people to fetch water. She also asked the people who were putting out the fire to be divided into several groups, each responsible for several areas, and not to splash water randomly here and there.

As soon as Yuan Qing arrived, he hurriedly searched for Song Ying. He looked everywhere inside and outside the courtyard, but couldn't find Song Ying. He couldn't help but feel nervous.

He quickly grabbed a kitchen maid and asked, "Sister, where is Song Ying?"

The maid's arms were sore from carrying water, and she was very angry when she was suddenly caught, "How should I know..."

Halfway through her words, she turned around and found that the person who caught her was not from the mansion. Then, seeing that he was wearing a student's uniform, she knew that he was a student who was invited to the banquet by the young master.

The maid immediately suppressed her anger and said, "She was making medicinal food in the small kitchen over there before. If the medicinal food was not ready when the fire started, she should be helping to put out the fire. Go and look for her."

Yuan Qing had a bad feeling in his heart. He had searched the crowd thoroughly but did not see Song Ying. He also had not seen anyone delivering medicinal food to Qiu Shuang Garden before.

Shen Jing ran over and asked in surprise, "Sister Song is in charge of the old lady's medicinal food, why is she cooking in the big kitchen?"

Although their family was just an ordinary official family, his parents also had a special small kitchen. Medicines and medicated foods were all cooked in the small kitchen in their respective courtyards.

The maid looked at Shen Jing, surprise flashing in her eyes. This man was obviously a young master from some wealthy family, and how could Song Ying know him?

She was just wondering when she heard someone shouting from behind: "Bilan! What are you doing! Bring the water over here!"

"Here it comes! Here it comes!" The maid picked up the bucket and trotted over.

"Which small kitchen is used to make medicinal food?" Yuan Qing shouted.

"The one on the outside over there."

"Thank you!"

Yuan Qing looked over and saw that half of the roof of the wing room had been burned.

"It's burnt like this, Sister Song shouldn't be in there anymore! I just heard something and it seems like someone went to the kitchen to make trouble and there was an argument, and a spark accidentally fell on the dry wood and started burning.

Apart from the dishes and other things, no one was trapped inside. The injured people were busy serving out the remaining dishes and were injured in the panic.

Sister Song is next door, if the fire gets too intense, it will spread to her. She will have enough time to come out. She should go back to her residence, it’s so dangerous here.”

"No, you don't understand her." Yuan Qing looked gloomy. "In this situation, it's impossible for her not to help."

As he spoke, he rushed forward, but before he got close, he was forced to retreat several steps by the scorching waves of fire.

"Song Ying! Are you in there?"

no respond.

Shen Jing chased after him, "It's burned like this, if you were really inside, would you still be alive at this time?"

Yuan Qing ignored him and moved closer to the room while calling Song Ying's name.

Suddenly, he heard a bang, a quiet one, coming from behind the house.

He quickly went around the side and just as he turned the corner, he heard another bang, a little louder than the previous one.

"Song Ying! Song Ying! Is that you? Are you in there?"